Nyungwea anguinella

Nyungwea anguinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Opegraphaceae
Genus: Nyungwea
Species:
N. anguinella
Binomial name
Nyungwea anguinella
(Nyl.) Aptroot (2017)
Synonyms[3]
  • Stigmatidium anguinellum Nyl. (1863)
  • Chiodecton anguinellum (Nyl.) Vain. (1909)
  • Enterographa anguinella (Nyl.) Redinger (1938)[1]
  • Opegrapha anguinella (Nyl.) Ertz & Diederich (2009)[2]

Nyungwea anguinella is a species of bark-dwelling crustose lichen in the family Opegraphaceae. It is a common species with a pantropical distribution.[4] It was first formally described by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1863, as Stigmatidium anguinellum.[5] André Aptroot reclassified it in Nyungwea in 2017.[4]

References

  1. ^ Redinger, K.M. (1938). "Restitution und kritische Revision der Flechtengattungen Enterographa Fée und Sclerophyton Eschw" [Restitution and critical revision of the lichen genera Enterographa Fée and Sclerophyton Eschw.]. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (in German). 43: 49–77 [62].
  2. ^ Ertz, Damien; Miadlikowska, Jolanta; Lutzoni, François; Dessein, Steven; Raspé, Olivier; Vigneron, Nathalie; Hofstetter, Valérie; Diederich, Paul (2009). "Towards a new classification of the Arthoniales (Ascomycota) based on a three-gene phylogeny focussing on the genus Opegrapha". Mycological Research. 113 (1): 141–152. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2008.09.002. PMID 18929650.
  3. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Nyungwea anguinella (Nyl.) Aptroot, in Aptroot & Cáceres, Lichenologist 49(6): 614 (2017)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b Aptroot, André; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva (2017). "New Arthoniales from Amapá (Amazonian North Brazil) show unexpected relationships". The Lichenologist. 49 (6): 607–615. doi:10.1017/s0024282917000500.
  5. ^ Nylander, W. (1863). "Prodromus Florae Novo-Granatensis ou enumeration des plantes de la Nouvelle-Grenade. Lichenes" [Prodrome of the Flora of New Granada or enumeration of the plants of New Granada. Lichens]. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Botanique. 4 (in Latin). 19: 286-382 [381].