Neotypification of Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii and molecular evidence of its occurrence in Poland and South America

By

Szczepańska, Katarzyna
Rodriguez de Flakus, Pamela
Urbaniak, Jacek
Śliwa, Lucyna

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

57

Pages

31-46

Subjects

Geographical distribution , ITS rDNA , lichenised fungi , Phylogeny , taxonomy , typification

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.57.34501

 

Abstract

Protoparmeliopsisgarovagliiis a widely distributed placodioid lichen, which develops a distinctly rosette thallus, composed of elongated and strongly inflated to sinuous-plicate lobes. The taxon is characterised by high morphological plasticity and varied composition of secondary metabolites. However, the epithet was never typified. As such, the identity ofP.garovaglii, in its strict sense, was unknown for a long time. Our phylogenetic ITS rDNA analyses, including newly generated sequences, show that European (Austria, Poland), North American (USA) and South American (Bolivia, Peru) specimens ofP.garovagliiare placed in a strongly supported monophyletic clade, sister toP.muralis. We provide the first molecular evidence of the occurrence ofP.garovagliiin South America (Bolivia and Peru) and the second record in Central Europe (Poland) was also provided. Furthermore, we neotypifyP.garovagliiand it is reported here for the first time from Poland.