1.3. 3. Verrucularina Rauschert, Taxon 31 (3): 560. 1982.

≡ Verrucularia A. Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 13: 327. 1840, nom. illeg., non Verrucularia Shur. Figs 3 B, 4 P, 10 Q.

Type species.

Verrucularina glaucophylla (A. Juss.) Rauschert (≡ Verrucularia glaucophylla A. Juss.).

Notes.

Verrucularina is a replacement name for Verrucularia A. Juss. since the latter is a posterior homonym of Verrucularia Suhr, a genus previously assigned to algae but currently belonging to Bryozoa. The genus currently comprises two accepted species (one threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of shrubs endemic to campos rupestres of the Amazon rainforest and Caatinga biomes of Brazil, South America (Almeida et al. 2020; POWO 2024). For an identification key for all species of Verrucularina, see Anderson (1981) for the Guyana Highland or Almeida et al. (2020) for Brazil.