Llimoniella Explained

Llimoniella is a genus of fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by lichenologists Josef Hafellner and Père Navarro-Rosinés in 1993.

The genus name of Llimonaea is in honour of Xavier Llimona (1943 - x), who was a Spanish (Catalonian) botanist (Lichenology and Mycologp) and Professor of Botany at the University of Barcelona.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Josef Hafellner and Pere Navarro-Rosinés in Herzogia vol.9 on page 770 in 1993.

Species

• Llimoniella acarosporicola
• Llimoniella adnata
• Llimoniella bergeriana
• Llimoniella caloplacae
• Llimoniella catapyrenii
• Llimoniella cinnabarinae
• Llimoniella fuscatae
• Llimoniella fuscoatrae
• Llimoniella gregorellae
• Llimoniella heppiae
• Llimoniella muralicola
• Llimoniella parmotrematis
• Llimoniella pertusariae
• Llimoniella phaeophysciae
• Llimoniella placomaroneae
• Llimoniella placopsidis
• Llimoniella pyrenulae
• Llimoniella ramalinae
• Llimoniella scabridula
• Llimoniella stereocaulorum
• Llimoniella terricola

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.