Alectoria (Parmeliaceae)

Alectoria sarmentosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Alectoria
Species: A. fallacina – A. imshaugii – A. lata – A. mexicana – A. ochroleuca – A. sarmentosa – A. vancouverensis – A. virens

Name

Alectoria Ach. in Luyk., Tent. Hist. Lich.: 95 (1809).

• Type species: Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach., Lichenogr. Univers.: 595 (1810). [MycoBank #123275]

References

Primary references

• Acharius, E. 1810. Lichenographia Universalis. In qua Lichenes omnes detectos, adiectis observationibus et figuris horum vegetabilium naturam et organorum carpomorphorum structuram illustrantibus, ad genera, species, varietates differentiis et observationibus sollicite definitas.: 1–696, pl. 1–14. BHL Reference page. 
• Luyken, J.A. 1809. Tentamen historiae lichenum in genere, cui accendunt primae lineae distributionis novae.: 1–102. Henrik Dieterich, Gottingen. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brodo, I.M. & Hawksworth, D.L. 1977. Alectoria and allied genera in North America. Opera Botanica 42: 1–164. BHL Reference page. 
• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Alectoria (pp. 150-155) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.
• Dobson, F.S. (2000) (Fourth edition) Alectoria (pp. 50-53) In, Lichens: An illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. The Richmond Publishing Co., Ltd., Slough, England, 431 pp.
• Goward, T. 1999. The lichens of British Columbia - Illustrated Keys - Part 2 - Fruticose Species. Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests Research Program, 319 pp. (RLL List # 176 / Rec.# 6980 - Recent Literature on Lichens) Online Reference page. : Alectoria Ach. (pp. 47-50)
• Hawksworth, D.L. (1969) Chemical and Nomenclatural Notes on Alectoria (Lichenes) I . Taxon, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 393-399. [1]
• Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Alectoria Ach. (1809) (pp. 117-120) In, The Macrolichens of New England. The New York Botanical Garden Press, 584 pp. [2]
• McCune, B. and Geiser, L. (1997) Alectoria (pp. 20-24) Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 386 pp.
• Purvis, O.W. (1992) Alectoria Ach. (1810) (pp. 67-69) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp.
• Ryan, B.D. (2002) Alectoria (pp. 92-95) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D, Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.
• Thomson, J.W. (1984) Alectoria Ach. (pp. 33-38). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages.
• Kantvilas, G. [From Flora of Australia vol. 54 (1992)] Discussion of Alectoria

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 116
• MycoBank: MB 116
• North American Lichen Checklist

Vernacular names

English: Witch's hair lichen
日本語: ホネキノリ属

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