Cyphelium

Translingual

Etymology

From English cyphel (“houseleek, various other plants”) +‎ -ium (neuter diminutive suffix).

Coined by Swedish botanist Erik Acharius in 1815.

Proper noun

Cyphelium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caliciaceae – the soot lichens.

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