A monograph of the lichen genus Pseudoparmelia Lynge (Parmeliaceae)

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Series: Smithsonian contributions to botany, no. 31

By

Hale, Mason Ellsworth, Jr., 1928-1990

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976

Notes

Includes index.

A world monograph of the genus Pseudoparmelia is presented. There are 76 species, most occurring in dry subtemperate to tropical areas and especially concentrated in the arid scrub lands of South Africa, Australia, and Brazil. The genus is characterized by an unusually high number of species with divaricatic acid and related orcinol depsides. The following new species are described: P. callichroa Kurokawa, P. concomitans Hale, P. conlabrosa Hale, P. dahlii Hale, P. neoquintaria Hale, P. subambigua Hale, P. subamplexa Hale, and P. venezolana Hale. The following new combinations are made: P. corrugativa (Kurokawa and Filson) Hale, P. exornata (Zahlbruckner) Hale, P. gerlachei (Zahlbruckner) Hale, P. papillosa (Lynge ex Gyelnik) Hale, P. rodriguesiana (Hue) Hale, P. schistacea (Kurokawa and Filson) Hale, P. scotophylla (Kurokawa) Hale, and P. spodochroa (Kurokawa and Filson) Hale.

Subjects

Pseudoparmelia

Call Number

QK1 .S2747 no. 31

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122540
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/75619375
OCLC: 1960348
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51399065