Brigantiaea leucoxantha | |
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in Ocala National Forest, Florida, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Brigantiaeaceae |
Genus: | Brigantiaea |
Species: | B. leucoxantha
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Binomial name | |
Brigantiaea leucoxantha | |
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Brigantiaea leucoxantha is a species of crustose lichen in the family Brigantiaeaceae. It was first described as a new species by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1820, as Lecidea leucoxantha.[2] Rolf Santesson and Josef Hafellner transferred it to the genus Brigantiaea in 1982.[3]