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Caloplaca
Caloplaca is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen. gold lichens, "orange lichens", but they are not always orange, as in the case of C. albovariegata. The distribution of this lichen genus is worldwide, extending from Antarctica to the high Arctic. It includes a portion of northern North America and the Russian High Arctic. There are about thirty species of Caloplaca in the flora of the British Isles.
Species
Candleflame Lichen
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderTeloschistales
- FamilyTeloschistaceae
Habitatmarine
Observations22,238
Observations recorded66,925
橙衣属（学名：Caloplaca）是属于黄枝衣目黄枝衣科的壳状地衣。该地衣属分布于全球，从南极洲延伸到北极地区。该属约有450种，模式种为蜡黄橙衣（C．cerina）。 2009年，美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马的名字被用来命名该属的一新种，称为奥巴马橙衣（英语：Caloplaca obamae）（C. obamae），于2007年在加州圣罗莎岛被发现，并于2009年3月发表。
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Caloplaca is a lichen genus comprising a number of distinct species. Members of the genus are commonly called firedot lichen, jewel lichen. gold lichens, "orange lichens", but they are not always orange, as in the case of C. albovariegata. The distribution of this lichen genus is worldwide, extending from Antarctica to the high Arctic. It includes a portion of northern North America and the Russian High Arctic. There are about thirty species of Caloplaca in the flora of the British Isles.
A new species of Caloplaca, C. obamae, the first species to be named in honor of Barack Obama, was discovered in 2007 on Santa Rosa Island in California and published in March 2009.