Gymnographopsis is a genusoflichen-forming fungi in the family Redonographaceae.[2]
Gymnographopsis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Graphidales |
Family: | Redonographaceae |
Genus: | Gymnographopsis C.W.Dodge (1967)[1] |
Type species | |
Gymnographopsis chilena C.W.Dodge (1967) |
It was circumscribed by American botanist, mycologist, and lichenologist Carroll William Dodge in 1967, with Gymnographopsis chilena assigned as the type species.[3][4]
It was originally placed within the Graphidaceae family and subfamily Redonographoideae.Lücking, Tehler & Lumbsch (2013).[5][6][7]
Molecular clock analysis indicates that Redonographoideae diverged from Graphidoideae subfamily about 132 million years ago (Ma) in the Early Cretaceous age.[5]
However, Kraichak et al. in 2018,[8] ranked Graphidales as a separate order based on a temporal approach, and accepted five separate families; Diploschistaceae, Fissurinaceae, Gomphillaceae, Graphidaceae and Thelotremataceae.[9][10] Wijayawardene et al. 2020 agreed but also added family Redonographaceae to the order, which included Gymnographopsis.[11][2]