Tornabea
{{Short description|Genus of lichens}}
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| taxon = Tornabea
| authority = Oesth. (1980)
| type_species = Tornabea scutellifera
| type_species_authority = (With.) J.R. Laundon (1984)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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|Lichen scutelliferus |With.,
|Lichen intricatus |Desf.
|Parmelia atlantica |Ach.
|Cornicularia intricata |DC.
|Lichen atlanticus |(Ach.) Sm.
|Borrera atlantica |(Ach.) Ach.
|Tornabenia atlantica |(Ach.) Kurok.
|Tornabeniopsis atlantica |(Ach.) Follmann
|Tornabea atlantica |(Ach.) Østh.
|Evernia intricata |(DC.) Fr.
|Hagenia intricata |(DC.) De Not.
|Physcia intricata |(DC.) Schaer.
|Anaptychia intricata |(DC.) A. Massal.
|Tornabenia intricata |(DC.) Trevis.
|Borrera intricata |(DC.) Mudd
|Teloschistes intricatus |(DC.) Hue
|Xanthoria intricata |(DC.) Horw.
|Tornabea atlantica var. intricata |(DC.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux,}}
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Tornabea is a monotypic genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae.{{cite journal |last=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA }}
It only contains the one accepted species, Tornabea scutellifera {{Au|(With.) J.R. Laundon (1984)}}
2 other species has been found to be synonyms of Tornabea scutellifera; Tornabea atlantica {{Au|(Ach.) Østh. (1980)}} and Tornabea atlantica var. intricata {{Au|(DC.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux (1985)}}{{cite web |title=Tornabea - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Tornabea |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=23 November 2022}}
The genus was circumscribed by Haavard Østhagen in Taxon vol.29 on pages 687-688 in 1980.
The genus name of Tornabea is in honour of Francesco Tornabene (1813–1897), who was an Italian Benedictine Monk and botanist. At Montecassino Abbey, he was Professor of Botany, as well as founder and Director of the Botanical Garden in Catania between 1847 - 1892.{{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 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}