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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Lecanoromycetes

Family
  
Parmeliaceae

Division
  
Ascomycota

Order
  
Lecanorales

Genus
  
Namakwa Hale (1988)

Namakwa is a genus of lichenised ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae. It is a genus of only two currently accepted species. Both Namakwa lichens have a foliose growth form. The genus was circumscribed by Hale in 1988.

Map of Namakwa, South Africa

References

Namakwa Wikipedia