Chroodiscus khaolungensis
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Graphidales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Thelotremataceae
Genus: Chroodiscus
Species: Chroodiscus khaolungensis
Name
editChroodiscus khaolungensis Papong & Lücking, 2009 (sp. nov. MB511145)
Type location: THAILAND. Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province: Khao Lung National Park, 8o43'N, 99o41'E, 170 m, tropical rain forest, 15 Feb 2006, Papong 4199 (KKU, holotype). Paratypes: Same locality and date, Papong 3651 (RAMK), 3717 (F). Surat Thani Province: Khao Sok National Park, 8o55'N, 98o31'E, 70 m, tropical rain forest, 14 Feb 2006, Papong 5413 (KKU).
Ecology and distribution: On living leaves of vascular plants in lowland to submontane rain forest; thus far known from Thailand only.
Etymology: Named after the type locality.
References
edit- Papong & Lücking, Bryologist 112(1): 156 (2009)
- Papong, K.; Lücking, R.; Thammathaworn, A. and Boonpragob, K. (2009) Four new taxa of Chroodiscus (thelotremoid Graphidaceae) from Southeast Asia. The Bryologist 112(1): 152–163. **[RLL List # 214 / Rec.# 31339] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (JSTOR)(Description of Chroodiscus khaolungensis: p. 156; black-and-white photo: p. 154, fig. 1B)