• Caloplaca obamae is a species of crustose lichen in the fungus genus Caloplaca. It is the first species to be named in honor of United States President...
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    There are about thirty species of Caloplaca in the flora of the British Isles. A new species of Caloplaca, C. obamae, the first species to be named in...
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    colonies where white sharks may be present. The rare endemic lichen Caloplaca obamae, discovered in 2007 and described by Kerry Knudsen in 2009, commemorates...
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    which is a reference to the body shape of species in this genus. Caloplaca obamae, a lichen species Barack Obama, a horse which competed in endurance...
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    Etheostoma obama, the spangled darter or "Obamafish", and the lichen Caloplaca obamae. Longrich denied any political intent in the nomenclature, telling...
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  • doi:10.1636/0161-8202-43.3.293. S2CID 53953991. Knudsen, Kerry (2009). "Caloplaca obamae, a new species from Santa Rosa Island, California" (PDF). Opuscula...
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  • Kudratov (2003) Caloplaca obamae K.Knudsen (2009) – Santa Rosa Island (California) Caloplaca obesimarginata Søchting (2004) Caloplaca obscurella (J.Lahm...
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