''Caprettia'' is a
genus
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of
lichenized
fungi
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in the family
Monoblastiaceae.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia in 1965, with ''
Caprettia amazonensis'' assigned as 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 specime ...
.
The genus name of ''Caprettia'' is in honour of Corrado Capretti (1915–1960), an Italian botanist and professor at
University of the Andes (Venezuela)
The University of the Andes (Spanish: ''Universidad de Los Andes'', ULA) is the second-oldest university in Venezuela, whose main campus is located in the city of Mérida, Venezuela. ULA is the largest public university in the Venezuelan Andes, ...
in 1956.
Species
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Caprettia amazonensis''
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Caprettia confusa''
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Caprettia goderei''
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Caprettia lichexanthotricha''
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Caprettia neotropica''
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Caprettia nyssogenoides''
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Caprettia ornata''
References
Dothideomycetes
Dothideomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1965
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