Chiodecton

<i>Chiodecton</i>

Chiodecton

Genus of lichens

Chiodecton is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by the lichenologist Erik Acharius in 1814, with Chiodecton sphaerale assigned as the type species.[3]

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Species

As of April 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 24 species in Chiodecton.[4]

  • Chiodecton acarosporoides C.W.Dodge (1970)
  • Chiodecton andamanicum Jagad.Ram (2014)[5] – India
  • Chiodecton applanatum G.Thor (2007)[6] – Malaysia
  • Chiodecton colensoi (A.Massal.) Müll.Arg. (1894)
  • Chiodecton complexum Aptroot & M.Cáceres (2014)[7] – Brazil
  • Chiodecton congestulum Nyl. (1868)
  • Chiodecton effusum Fée (1825)
  • Chiodecton flavovirens G.Thor (1991)[8]
  • Chiodecton graphidastroides Kalb & Aptroot (2018)
  • Chiodecton heterogenum (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
  • Chiodecton leprarioides Kalb & Aptroot (2021)[9] – Réunion
  • Chiodecton leptosporum Müll.Arg. (1882)
  • Chiodecton lichexanthonicum M.Cáceres & Aptroot (2017)[10] – Brazil
  • Chiodecton macquariense C.W.Dodge (1970)
  • Chiodecton maculatum (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
  • Chiodecton montanum G.Thor (1991)[8]
  • Chiodecton norsticticum Jagad.Ram (2016)[11] – India
  • Chiodecton pustuliferum Aptroot (2011)
  • Chiodecton queenslandiae G.Thor (1991)[8]
  • Chiodecton sorediatum G.Thor & Frisch (2013)[12] – Uganda
  • Chiodecton sphaerale Ach. (1814)
  • Chiodecton stictathecium (C.Knight) Zahlbr. (1923)
  • Chiodecton sublaevigatum Kremp. (1881)
  • Chiodecton xanthonosorediatum Aptroot (2020)

References

  1. [1]
    "Synonymy: Chiodecton Ach., Syn. meth. lich. (Lund): 108 (1814)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  3. [3]
    Acharius, E. (1814). Synopsis Methodica Lichenum (in Latin). p. 108.
  4. [4]
    Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Chiodecton". Catalog of Life Version 2021-10-18.
  5. [5]
    Jagadeesh Ram, T.A.M. (2014). "New species and new records in Roccellaceae (Arthoniales) from the Andaman Islands, India". Phytotaxa. 177 (3): 155–162. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.177.3.3.
  6. [6]
    Thor, G. (2007). "The genera Chiodecton, Dichosporidium and Erythrodecton in Peninsular Malaysia". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 95: 543–548.
  7. [7]
    Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva; Aptroot, André; Ertz, Damien (2014). "New species and interesting records of Arthoniales from the Amazon, Rondônia, Brazil". The Lichenologist. 46 (4): 573–588. doi:10.1017/s0024282914000036.
  8. [8]
    Thor, G. (1990). "The lichen genus Chiodecton and five allied genera". Opera Botanica. 103: 1–92.
  9. [9]
    Kalb, Klaus; Aptroot, André (2021). "New lichens from Africa" (PDF). Archive for Lichenology. 28: 1–12.
  10. [10]
    da Silva Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia; Aptroot, André (2017). "Lichens from the Brazilian Amazon, with special reference to the genus Astrothelium". The Bryologist. 120 (2): 166–182. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-120.2.166.
  11. [11]
    Jagadeesh Ram, T.A.M. (2016). "Additional new species in Roccellaceae s.l. from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". Phytotaxa. 246 (4): 281–286. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.246.4.3.
  12. [12]
    Frisch, A.; Thor, G.; Sheil, D. (2014). "Four new Arthoniomycetes from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda". Nova Hedwigia. 98: 295–312. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0155.


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