Heppsora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Heppsora D.D. Awasthi & Kr.P. Singh |
Type species | |
Heppsora indica D.D. Awasthi & Kr.P. Singh
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Species | |
H. bullata |
Heppsora is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[2]
The genus name of Heppsora is in honour of Johann Adam Philipp Hepp (1797–1867), a German physician and lichenologist.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Dharani Dhar Awasthi and Krishna Pal Singh in Bryologist vol.80 on page 537 in 1977.[1]