Title
A monograph of the lichen genus Parmelia Acharius sensu stricto (Ascomycotina: Parmeliaceae)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Smithsonisn contributions to botany
Related Titles
Series:
Smithsonian contributions to botany, no. 66
By
Hale, Mason Ellsworth, Jr., 1928-1990
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987
Notes
Includes index.
The 38 species of Parmelia Acharius sensu stricto are revised at the world level. The genus is characterized by punctate or effigurate pseudocyphellae, a black lower surface with simple, furcate or squarrose rhizines, simple hyaline spores, and cylindrical to weakly bifusiform conidia. The most frequent secondary metabolites are salazinic acid and protocetraric acid. Parmelia is an extremely conservative genus, most common in temperate-boreal and austral regions, with a low level of vegetative morph formation and speciation. The greatest concentrations of species are found in Japan and New Zealand. Seven new species are described: P. neodiscordans Hale, P. norcrambidiocarpa Hale, P. novae-zelandiae Hale, P. queenslandensis Hale, P. salcrambidiocarpa Hale, P. skultii Hale, and P. subtestacea Hale.
Subjects
Classification
,
Lichens
,
Parmelia
Call Number
QK1 .S2747 no. 66
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122568
GPO:
910-E
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/86607945
OCLC:
15133573
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51399119
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