Sipmania

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Ascomycota

| classis = Arthoniomycetes

| ordo = Arthoniales

| familia = Roccellaceae

| genus = Sipmania

| genus_authority = Egea & Torrente (1994)

| type_species = Sipmania peltata

| type_species_authority = Egea & Torrente (1994)

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Sipmania is a genus of lichenized fungi within the order Arthoniales. The genus has been placed into the family Roccellaceae.{{Cite journal|last=Wijayawardene|first=Nalin N.|last2=Hyde|first2=Kevin D.|last3=Lumbsch|first3=H. Thorsten|last4=Liu|first4=Jian Kui|last5=Maharachchikumbura|first5=Sajeewa S. N.|last6=Ekanayaka|first6=Anusha H.|last7=Tian|first7=Qing|last8=Phookamsak|first8=Rungtiwa|date=2018-01-01|title=Outline of Ascomycota: 2017|journal=Fungal Diversity|language=en|volume=88|issue=1|pages=167–263|doi=10.1007/s13225-018-0394-8|issn=1560-2745}} This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Sipmania peltata.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp|title=Myconet|date=2009-03-18|access-date=2018-03-14|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp|archivedate=2009-03-18}}{{cite web |title=Sipmania peltata Egea & Torrente |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=414159 |access-date=27 October 2022}}

The genus was circumscribed by José Maria Egea Fernández and P. Torrente in Biblioth. Lichenol. vol.54 on pages 6 and 165 in 1994.

The genus name of Sipmania is in honour of Henricus (Harrie) Johannes Maria Sipman (born 1945) is a Dutch lichenologist. He specialises in tropical and subtropical lichens, and has authored or co-authored more than 250 scientific publications.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}