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Caprettia

Caprettia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Monoblastiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia in 1965, with Caprettia amazonensis assigned as the type species.

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Caprettia
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Monoblastiales
Family: Monoblastiaceae
Genus: Caprettia
Bat. & H.Maia (1965)
Type species
Caprettia amazonensis
Bat. & H.Maia (1965)
Species

C. amazonensis
C. confusa
C. goderei
C. lichexanthotricha
C. neotropica
C. nyssogenoides
C. ornata

Synonyms1

Caprettia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Monoblastiaceae.2 The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia in 1965, with Caprettia amazonensis assigned as the type species.3

The genus name of Caprettia is in honour of Corrado Capretti (1915–1960), an Italian botanist and professor at University of the Andes (Venezuela) in 1956.4

Species

  • Caprettia amazonensis Bat. & H.Maia (1965)3
  • Caprettia confusa Lücking & Sipman (2008)
  • Caprettia goderei Yeshitela, Eb.Fisch., Killmann & Sérus. (2009)
  • Caprettia lichexanthotricha Aptroot & M.F.Souza (2021)5
  • Caprettia neotropica Lücking & Sérus. (2003)
  • Caprettia nyssogenoides Sérus. & Lücking (2003)
  • Caprettia ornata (R.Sant. & Vězda) Lücking & Sérus. (2008)
References

References

  1. "Synonymy: Caprettia Bat. & H. Maia, Atas Inst. Micol. Univ. Pernambuco 2: 377 (1965)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  3. Batista, A.C.; Silva Maia, H. da (1965). "Caprettia, novo gênero de ascoliquen, em homenagem ao micologo Venezuelano, Corrado Capretti". Atas do Instituto de Micologia da Universidade do Recife. 2: 375–382.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Phillips, A.J.L.; Tibpromma, S.; Dai, D.Q.; Selbmann, L.; Monteiro, J.S.; Aptroot, A.; Flakus, A.; Rajeshkumar, K.C.; Coleine, C.; Pereira, D.S.; Fan, X.; Zhang, L.; Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N.; Souza, M.F.; Kukwa, M.; Suwannarach, N.; Rodriguez-Flakus, P.; Ashtekar, N.; Dauner, L.; Tang, L.Z.; Jin, X.C.; Karunarathna, S.C. (2021). "Looking for the undiscovered asexual taxa: case studies from lesser studied life modes and habitats". Mycosphere. 12 (1): 1290–1333. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/12/1/17.