| Crocellina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Roccellaceae |
| Genus: | Crocellina Tehler & Ertz (2014) |
| Species: | C. cinerea |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocellina cinerea (Müll.Arg.) Tehler & Ertz 2014 | |
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Crocellina is a monotypic fungal genus in the family Roccellaceae. It contains the single species Crocellina cinerea, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen that is endemic to Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean. This species was first described in 1882 by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argoviensis as Dirina cinerea, and later transferred to genus Roccellina in 1983. Crocellina was circumscribed in 2014 by Anders Tehler and Damien Ernst, following molecular phylogenetic analysis and revision of the Roccellaceae.
References
- "Synonymy. Current Name: Crocellina cinerea (Müll. Arg.) Tehler & Ertz, in Ertz, Tehler, Irestedt, Frisch, Thor & van den Boom, Fungal Diversity 70: 38 (2014) [2015]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- Müller, J. (1882). "Diagnoses lichenum Socotrensium novorum a participibus expeditionum Prof. Bayley Balfour et Dr. Schweinfurth lectorum". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (in Latin). 11: 457–472 .
- Tehler, Anders (1983). "The genera Dirina and Roccellina". Nordic Journal of Botany. 70: 67. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1983.tb01473.x.
- Ertz, Damien; Tehler, Anders; Irestedt, Martin; Frisch, Andreas; Thor, Göran; van den Boom, Pieter (2014). "A large-scale phylogenetic revision of Roccellaceae (Arthoniales) reveals eight new genera". Fungal Diversity. 70 (1): 31–53. doi:10.1007/s13225-014-0286-5. S2CID 256059800.
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| Crocellina | |
| Crocellina cinerea | |
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