Japewia

Japewia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.

The genus name of Japewia is in honour of Peter Wilfrid James (1930 - 2014), who was an English botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), who worked at the Natural History Museum, London.

The genus was circumscribed by Tor Tønsberg in Lichenologist vol.22 (issue 3) on page 205 in 1990.