Parmotrema araucariarum

Parmotrema araucariarum is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described scientifically as a species of Parmelia by Austrian botanist Alexander Zahlbruckner in 1909.[1] Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Parmotrema in 1974.[2] The lichen has been reported from Kenya, Tanzania, and South America.[3]

Parmotrema araucariarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Parmotrema
Species:
P. araucariarum
Binomial name
Parmotrema araucariarum
(Zahlbr.) Hale (1974)
Synonyms
  • Parmelia araucariarum Zahlbr. (1909)

See also

References
  1. Zahlbruckner, A. (1909). "Lichenes (Flechten) in Ergebnisse der botanischen Expedition der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften nach Südbrasilien 1901. II. Band. Thallophyta und Bryophyta". Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German). 83: 162.
  2. Hale, Mason E. (1974). "New combinations in the lichen genus Parmotrema Massalongo". Phytologia. 28 (4): 334–339.
  3. Alstrup, Vagn; Aptroot, Andre; Divakar, Pradeep K.; LaGreca, Scott; Tibell, Leif (2010). "Lichens from Tanzania and Kenya III. Macrolichens and calicioid lichens". Cryptogamie Mycologie. 31 (3): 333–351.


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