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Placocarpus
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Placocarpus

Placocarpus is a genus of lichens in the family Verrucariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian botanist Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in 1860.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Placocarpus schaereri

speciesPlacocarpus schaereri

Placocarpus americanus

speciesPlacocarpus americanus

Placocarpus melanophthalmosus

speciesPlacocarpus melanophthalmosus

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 463787.