Vezdaea Explained

Vezdaea is a genus of crustose lichens in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only taxon in the order Vezdaeales. The genus was circumscribed by Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess and Josef Poelt in 1976. The genus name honours Czech lichenologist Antonín Vězda (1920-2008).^[1]

Species

• Vezdaea acicularis
• Vezdaea aestivalis
• Vezdaea cobria
• Vezdaea dawsoniae
• Vezdaea flava
• Vezdaea foliicola
• Vezdaea leprosa
• Vezdaea obscura
• Vezdaea poeltiana
• Vezdaea polyspora
• Vezdaea retigera
• Vezdaea rheocarpa
• Vezdaea schuyleriana
• Vezdaea stipitata

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 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.