Topeliopsis Explained

Topeliopsis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae.

The genus name of Topeliopsis is in honour of Josef Poelt (1924–1995), who was a German-Austrian botanist (Bryology, Mycology and Lichenology) and was Professor of Systematic Botany at the Free University of Berlin in 1965.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Gintaras Kantvilas and Antonin Vězda in Lichenologist vol.32 on page 347 in 2000.

Species

• Topeliopsis acutispora – Australia
• Topeliopsis athallina
• Topeliopsis azorica
• Topeliopsis corticola – Australia
• Topeliopsis decorticans
• Topeliopsis elixii
• Topeliopsis globosa
• Topeliopsis guaiquinimae
• Topeliopsis kantvilasii
• Topeliopsis lomatiae
• Topeliopsis macrocarpa
• Topeliopsis monospora
• Topeliopsis muscigena – Australia
• Topeliopsis novae-zelandiae
• Topeliopsis patagonica
• Topeliopsis subdenticulata
• Topeliopsis subtuberculifera
• Topeliopsis tuberculifera
• Topeliopsis vezdae – Australia

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.