''Austrographa'' is a
genus
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of
lichen
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in the family
Roccellaceae. It has three species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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in 2013 by lichenologists Laurens Sparrius,
John Elix, and
Alan Archer, with ''Austrographa kurriminensis'' assigned as the
type species
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.
The genus had been
published invalidly on two separate occasions.
All three species in the genus were found in a
mangrove stand in
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
Species
* ''
Austrographa kurriminensis
''Austrographa'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Roccellaceae. It has three species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by lichenologists Laurens Sparrius, John Elix, and Alan Archer, with ''Austrographa kurriminensis'' assi ...
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* ''
Austrographa pseudopallidella
''Austrographa'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Roccellaceae. It has three species. The genus was circumscribed in 2013 by lichenologists Laurens Sparrius, John Elix, and Alan Archer, with ''Austrographa kurriminensis'' assi ...
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* ''
Austrographa skyrinica''
References
Roccellaceae
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 2013
Taxa named by John Alan Elix
Taxa named by Alan W. Archer
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