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Parmotrema araucariarum

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Parmotrema araucariarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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]

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  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.