''Chapsa'' is a
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
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Graphidaceae
The Graphidaceae are a family of lichens in the order Ostropales.
Distribution and ecology
The vast majority of Graphidaceae species are restricted to the tropics. Most Graphidaceae species are epiphytic (i.e. they grow only on plants).
Gener ...]
. The genus was described by Italian lichenologist
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of med ...
in 1860.
Species
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Chapsa albida''
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Chapsa alborosella''
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Chapsa alletii''
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Chapsa angustispora''
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Chapsa boninensis''
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Chapsa chionostoma''
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Chapsa cinchonarum''
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Chapsa diploschistoides''
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Chapsa discoides''
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Chapsa dissuta''
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Chapsa eitenii''
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Chapsa elabens''
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Chapsa farinosa''
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Chapsa francisci
''Chapsa'' is a genus of lichens in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was described by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenolog ...
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Chapsa granulifera''
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Chapsa halei''
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Chapsa hiata''
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Chapsa hypoconstictica''
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Chapsa imperfecta''
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Chapsa indica''
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Chapsa inspersa''
– Brazil
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Chapsa isidiata''
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Chapsa laemensis
''Chapsa'' is a genus of lichens in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was described by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860.
Species
*'' Chapsa albida''
*'' Chapsa alborosella''
*'' Chapsa alletii''
*'' Chapsa angust ...
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Chapsa leprocarpa
''Chapsa'' is a genus of lichens in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was described by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860.
Species
*'' Chapsa albida''
*'' Chapsa alborosella''
*'' Chapsa alletii''
*'' Chapsa angust ...
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Chapsa meghalayensis
''Chapsa'' is a genus of lichens in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was described by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860.
Species
*'' Chapsa albida''
*'' Chapsa alborosella''
*'' Chapsa alletii''
*'' Chapsa angust ...
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Chapsa microspora
''Chapsa microspora'' is a species of lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Brazil, it was described as new to science in 2011 by German lichenologist Klaus Kalb
Klaus Kalb (born 1942) is a German lichenologist and an authority on t ...
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Chapsa multicarpa
''Chapsa'' is a genus of lichens in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was described by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1860.
Species
*'' Chapsa albida''
*'' Chapsa alborosella''
*'' Chapsa alletii''
*'' Chapsa angust ...
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Chapsa neei''
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Chapsa niveocarpa''
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Chapsa nubila''
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Chapsa pallidella''
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Chapsa paralbida''
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Chapsa patens''
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Chapsa perdissuta''
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Chapsa pulchella''
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Chapsa pulchra''
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Chapsa referta''
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Chapsa rubropruinosa''
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Chapsa rubropulveracea''
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Chapsa scabiocarpa''
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Chapsa scabiomarginata''
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Chapsa sorediata''
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Chapsa sublilacina''
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Chapsa thallotrema''
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Chapsa thambapanni''
– Sri Lanka
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Chapsa tibellii''
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Chapsa wijeyaratniana''
References
Ostropales
Lichen genera
Ostropales genera
Taxa described in 1860
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
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