''Vezdaea'' is a
genus
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of
crustose lichen
Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...
s in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only
taxon
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in the order Vezdaeales.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess
Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess (28 January 1917 – 26 April 2001) was an Austrian University lecturer, cytologist, and phycologist who worked with lichen photobionts. In 1994, Tschermak-Woess was awarded the Acharius Medal for her lifetime contribut ...
and
Josef Poelt in 1976. The genus name honours Czech lichenologist
Antonín Vězda
Antonín (Toni) Vězda (25 November 1920 – 10 November 2008) was a Czech lichenologist. After completing a university education that was postponed by World War II, Vězda taught botany at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech U ...
(1920-2008).
Species
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Vezdaea acicularis''
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Vezdaea aestivalis''
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Vezdaea cobria''
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Vezdaea dawsoniae''
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Vezdaea flava''
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Vezdaea foliicola''
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Vezdaea leprosa''
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Vezdaea obscura''
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Vezdaea poeltiana''
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Vezdaea polyspora''
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Vezdaea retigera''
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Vezdaea rheocarpa''
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Vezdaea schuyleriana''
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Vezdaea stipitata''
References
Pezizomycotina
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 1976
Ascomycota genera
Taxa named by Josef Poelt
Taxa named by Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess
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