Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Physma
Collemataceae Zenker
Physma A.Massal. , legitimate, scientific
Massalongo, A.B. (1854), Neagenea Lichenum: 6 [tax. nov.]
Verdon, D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Physma in Collemataceae. Flora of Australia 54: 193 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: the name is probably from the Greek physao (to blow up, distend), and -ma (to indicate the result of an action); in reference to the lobes, which usually swell strongly when moistened