The Graphidaceae are a
family
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of
lichens in the order
Ostropales.
Distribution and ecology
The vast majority of Graphidaceae species are restricted to the
tropics
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referr ...
. Most Graphidaceae species are
epiphytic
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...
(i.e. they grow only on plants).
Genera
A recent (2020) estimates places 31 genera and about 990 species in Graphidaceae. The following list indicates the genus name, the
taxonomic authority
In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given ...
, year of publication, and the number of species:
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Acanthothecis'' – 5 spp.
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Acanthotrema'' – 1 sp.
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Aggregatorygma'' – 1 sp.
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Allographa'' – 183 spp.
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Amazonotrema'' – 1 sp.
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Ampliotrema'' – 1 sp.
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Anomalographis'' – 2 spp.
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Anomomorpha'' – 8 spp.
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Astrochapsa'' – 29 spp.
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Austrotrema'' – 3 spp.
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Borinquenotrema'' – 1 sp.
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Byssotrema'' – 1 sp.
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Carbacanthographis'' – 22 spp.
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Chapsa'' – 51 spp.
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Chroodiscus'' – 17 spp.
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Clandestinotrema'' – 17 spp.
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Compositrema'' – 4 spp.
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Corticorygma'' – 1 sp.
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Creographa'' – 1 spp.
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Cruentotrema'' – 6 spp.
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Crutarndina'' – 1 sp.
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Cryptoschizotrema'' – 1 sp.
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Cyclographina'' – 8 spp.
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Diaphorographis'' – 2 spp.
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Diorygma'' – 74 spp.
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Diploschistes'' – 25 spp.
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Dyplolabia'' – 5 spp.
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Enigmotrema'' – 1 sp.
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Fibrillithecis'' – 15 spp.
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Fissurina'' – 117 spp.
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Flegographa'' – 1 sp.
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Glyphis'' – 7 spp.
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Graphina'' – 25 spp.
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Graphis'' – ca. 275 spp.
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Gymnographopsis'' – 1 sp.
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Gyrotrema'' – 6 spp.
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Halegrapha'' – 9 spp.
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Heiomasia'' – 3 spp.
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Helminthocarponomyces'' – 1 sp.
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Hemithecium'' – ca. 50 spp.
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Jocatoa''
– 1 sp.
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Kalbographa'' – 5 spp.
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Leiorreuma'' – 18 spp.
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Leptotrema'' – 14 spp.
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Leucodecton'' – 32 spp.
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Malmographina'' – 1 sp.
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Mangoldia'' – 2 spp.
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Melanotopelia'' – 4 spp.
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Melanotrema'' – 12 spp.
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Myriochapsa'' – 3 spp.
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Myriotrema'' – 76 spp.
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Nadvornikia'' – 5 spp.
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Nitidochapsa'' – 5 spp.
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Ocellularia'' – 343 spp.
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Pallidogramme'' – 13 spp.
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Paratopeliopsis'' – 1 sp.
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Phaeographina'' – 11 spp.
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Phaeographis'' – ca. 180 spp.
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Phaeotrema'' – 19 spp.
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Platygramme'' – 30 spp.
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Platythecium'' – 27 spp.
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Pliariona'' – 1 sp.
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Polystroma'' – 1 sp.
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Pseudochapsa'' – 18 spp.
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Pseudoramonia'' – 4 spp.
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Pseudotopeliopsis'' – 4 spp.
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Pycnotrema'' – 2 spp.
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Redingeria'' – 8 spp.
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Redonographa'' – 5 spp.
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Reimnitzia'' – 1 sp.
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Rhabdodiscus'' – 36 spp.
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Sanguinotrema'' – 1 sp.
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Sarcographa'' – 37 spp.
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Sarcographina'' – 6 spp.
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Schistophoron
''Schistophoron'' 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 ...
'' – 5 spp.
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Schistostoma'' – 1 sp.
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Schizotrema'' – 7 spp.
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Stegobolus'' – 16 spp.
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Thalloloma'' – 20 spp.
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Thecaria'' – 4 spp.
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Thecographa'' – 3 spp.
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Thelotrema'' – 165 spp.
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Topeliopsis'' – 20 spp.
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Tremotylium'' – 4 spp.
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Wirthiotrema'' – 5 spp.
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Xalocoa'' – 1 sp.
References
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Lecanoromycetes families
Taxa described in 1763
Taxa named by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier
Lichen families
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