genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
foliicolous
Foliicolous refers to the growth habit of certain lichens, algae, and fungi that prefer to grow on the leaves of vascular plants
Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plant ...
(leaf-inhabiting)
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Ramalinaceae.
Taxonomy
''Badimia'' was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Czech lichenologist
Antonin Vězda Antonin may refer to:
People
* Antonin (name)
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;Poland
* Antonin, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Ostrów ...
in 1986 as a segregate of the genus ''Bacidia'', and originally contained six species. The genus was formerly placed in the family Ectolechiaceae or the Pilocarpaceae, but
molecular
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analysis showed that the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
'' Badimia dimidiata'' nested within the Ramalinaceae. This familial placement has been accepted in recent large-scale updates of fungal classifications.
Badimia lecanorina
''Badimia'' is a genus of foliicolous (leaf-inhabiting) lichens in the family Ramalinaceae.
Taxonomy
''Badimia'' was circumscribed by Czech lichenologist Antonin Vězda in 1986 as a segregate of the genus ''Bacidia'', and originally contained ...
Badimia lucida
''Badimia'' is a genus of foliicolous (leaf-inhabiting) lichens in the family Ramalinaceae.
Taxonomy
''Badimia'' was circumscribed by Czech lichenologist Antonin Vězda in 1986 as a segregate of the genus ''Bacidia'', and originally contained ...
'' Aptroot & Sérus. (1997)
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Badimia montoyana
''Badimia'' is a genus of foliicolous (leaf-inhabiting) lichens in the family Ramalinaceae.
Taxonomy
''Badimia'' was circumscribed by Czech lichenologist Antonin Vězda in 1986 as a segregate of the genus ''Bacidia'', and originally contained ...
Badimia polillensis
''Badimia'' is a genus of foliicolous (leaf-inhabiting) lichens in the family Ramalinaceae.
Taxonomy
''Badimia'' was circumscribed by Czech lichenologist Antonin Vězda in 1986 as a segregate of the genus ''Bacidia'', and originally contained ...