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Vainionora
Sign in to saveVainionora is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus, which was circumscribed in 1991 by German lichenologist Klaus Kalb, honours the Finnish lichenologist Edvard Vainio, who described the type species as Lecanora pallidostraminea in 1890.
Species
American speck
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyLecanoraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 69
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Lecanoraceae
- Collections
- NY, US, DUKE, WIS, UFS
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic, Australia, Panama, Brazil, Jamaica, China, Brasil, Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lecanoraceae
- Image
- Vainionora americana 456701.jpg
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- taxon author citation
- Kalb
- taxon name
- Vainionora
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Vainionora pallidostraminea
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Vainionora is a genus of lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus, which was circumscribed in 1991 by German lichenologist Klaus Kalb, honours the Finnish lichenologist Edvard Vainio, who described the type species as Lecanora pallidostraminea in 1890.
==Species== Vainionora aemulans Vainionora americana Vainionora flavidorufa Vainionora flavovirens Vainionora mexicana Vainionora nugrae Vainionora pallidostraminea Vainionora stramineopallens Vainionora variabilis Vainionora warmingii
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