Etymology

Refers to Rex B. Filson, an Australian lichenologist and the author of the monographs of Cladia and Heterodea.

Stenroos, S.; Pino-Bodas, R.; Hyvönen, J.; Lumbsch, H.T.; Ahti, R. 2018: Phylogeny of the family Cladoniaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota) based on sequences of multiple loci. Cladistics 35: 351–384. (Published online: 06 December 2018)

editorial

MycoBank No.: MB 828615

Stenroos, S.; Pino-Bodas, R.; Hyvönen, J.; Lumbsch, H.T.; Ahti, R. 2018: Phylogeny of the family Cladoniaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota) based on sequences of multiple loci. Cladistics 35: 351–384. (Published online: 06 December 2018)

editorial

"In our recent publication (Stenroos et al. 2019) on the phylogeny of the family Cladoniaceae, we described a new ascomycete (lichen) genus, Rexia S. Stenroos, Pino-Bodas & Ahti. However, we overlooked that it is a later homonym of the generic name Rexia D. A. Casamatta, S. R. Gomez & J. R. Johansen published for the cyanobacterium species Rexia erecta as gen. et sp. nov. by Casamatta et al. (2006) from the Great Smoky Mountains, U.S.A. Thus, our Rexia is illegitimate and must be rejected. "

Stenroos, S.; Pino-Bodas, R.; Ahti, T. 2019: Rexiella, a new name for Rexia S. Stenroos, Pino‐Bodas & Ahti (2018), non Rexia D. A. Casamatta, S. R. Gomez & J. R. Johansen (2006) . Cladistics 35: 603–603.