''Llimonaea'' is a
genus of
fungi within the
Arthoniales order. The genus has been placed into
Opegraphaceae
''Opegraphaceae'' is a family of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi in the order Arthoniales. It was originally proposed by German lichenologist Ernst Stizenberger in 1862. It fell into disuse, but was resurrected in a molecular phylogenetic ...
.
The genus name of ''Llimonaea'' is in honour of Xavier Llimona (1943 - x), who was a Spanish (
Catalonian) botanist (Lichenology and Mycologp) and Professor of Botany at the
University of Barcelona.
The genus was
circumscribed by
José Maria Egea Fernández and
P. Torrente in Nova Hedwigia vol.52 on page 239 in 1991.
References
Arthoniomycetes
Lichen genera
Arthoniomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1991
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