''Toninia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
lichen-forming
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the family
Ramalinaceae
The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Genera
*'' Aciculopsora''
*''Adelolecia''
*''Arthr ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed by
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 me ...
in Ric. Auton. Lich. Crost. on page 107 in 1852.
The genus name of ''Toninia'' is in honour of Carlo Tonini (1803–1877), who was an Italian chemist and
botanist (Lichenology), who worked in Verona and was a member and President of the Academy of Agriculture.
Species
*''
Toninia afferens''
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Toninia alutacea''
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Toninia australiensis''
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Toninia cinereovirens''
*''
Toninia coquimbensis''
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Toninia diffracta''
*''
Toninia episema''
*''
Toninia leucina''
*''
Toninia nashii''
*''
Toninia plumbina''
*''
Toninia poeltiana''
*''
Toninia populorum''
*''
Toninia scorigena''
*''
Toninia squalescens''
*''
Toninia squalida''
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Toninia subdispersa''
*''
Toninia subfuscae''
*''
Toninia submesoidea''
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Toninia subnitida''
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Toninia subtalparum''
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Toninia tecta''
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Toninia thiopsora''
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Toninia tristis''
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Toninia ualae''
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Toninia verrucariae''
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Toninia wetmorei''
References
Ramalinaceae
Lichen genera
Lecanorales genera
Taxa described in 1852
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
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