''Dibaeis'' is a
genus
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of
lichen
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in the family
Icmadophilaceae
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.
The genus is widely distributed in
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
regions.
[ ''Dibaeis'' was ]circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
in 1909 by Frederic Edward Clements
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Biography
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he studied botany at the University of Nebras ...
with '' Dibaeis rosea'' as the type species
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.[ Several species were transferred from other genera in a 1993 publication.][
]
Species
*'' Dibaeis absoluta''
*'' Dibaeis arcuata''
*'' Dibaeis birmensis''
*'' Dibaeis columbiana''
*'' Dibaeis cretacea''
*'' Dibaeis fungoides''
*'' Dibaeis globulifera''
*'' Dibaeis holstii''
*'' Dibaeis inaequalis''
*'' Dibaeis inundata''
*'' Dibaeis pulogensis''
*'' Dibaeis rosea''
*'' Dibaeis sorediata''
*'' Dibaeis stipitata''
*'' Dibaeis umbrelliformis''
*'' Dibaeis weberi''
*'' Dibaeis yurii''
References
Pertusariales
Pertusariales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1909
Taxa named by Frederic Clements
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