Pradeep Kumar Divakar

Pradeep Kumar Divakar, Indian lichenologist.

IPNI standard form: Divakar

Adress:

Lichenology Laboratory

Plant Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Division

National Botanical Research Institute

Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, India

Taxon names authored

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81 taxon names authored by Pradeep Kumar Divakar

Publications Edit

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Blanco, O., Crespo, A., Divakar, P.K., Esslinger, T.L., Hawksworth, D.L. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2004. Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. Mycological Research 108(8): 873–884. RLL List # 197 / Rec.# 26150 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000723 RLL (PDF) Reference page.
Blanco, O., Crespo, A. & Divakar, P.K., Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of parmotremoid lichens (Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae). Mycologia 97(1): 150–159. DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832848 . RLL (PDF) Reference page.
Divakar, P.K., Molina, M.C., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A.M. 2005. Parmelia barrenoae, a new lichen species related to Parmelia sulcata (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. The Lichenologist 37(1): 37–46. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282904014641 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Upreti, D.K., Divakar, P.K. & Nayaka, S. 2005. Commercial and Ethnic Use of Lichens in India. Economic Botany 59(3): 269–273. DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0269:CAEUOL]2.0.CO;2
Divakar, P.K. & Upreti, D.K. 2005. A new species in Melanohalea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycotina) and new lichen records from India. The Lichenologist 37: 511–517. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282905015215
Divakar, P.K. & Upreti, D.K. 2006. Notes on some new records and new species of cetrarioid lichens from India. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 150, 249–251. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00455.x
Gutiérrez, G., Blanco, O., Divakar, P.K., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A. 2007. Patterns of Group I Intron Presence in Nuclear SSU rDNA of the Lichen Family Parmeliaceae. Journal of Molecular Evolution 64(2): 181–195. DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0313-y
Crespo, A., Kauff, F., Divakar, P.K., Del Prado, R., Pérez-Ortega, S., Amo de Paz, G., Ferencova, Z., Blanco, O., Roca-Valiente, B., Núñez-Zapata, J., Cubas, P., Argüello, A., Elix, J.A., Esslinger, T.L., Hawksworth, D.L., Millanes, A.M., Molina, M.C., Wedin, M., Ahti, T.T., Aptroot, A., Barreno, E., Bungartz, F., Calvelo, S., Candan, M., Cole, M.S., Ertz, D., Goffinet, B., Lindblom, L., Lücking, R., Lutzoni, F., Mattsson, J.-E., Messuti, M.I., Miądlikowska, J., Piercey-Normore, M., Rico, V.J., Sipman, H.J.M., Schmitt, I., Spribille, T., Thell, A., Thor, G., Upreti, D.K. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence. Taxon 59(6): 1735–1753. DOI: 10.1002/tax.596008 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Crespo, A., Ferencova, Z., Pérez-Ortega, S., Elix, J.A. & Divakar, P.K. 2010. Austroparmelina, a new Australasian lineage in parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Systematics and Biodiversity 8(2): 209–221. DOI: 10.1080/14772001003738320 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Divakar, P.K., Lumbsch, H.T., Ferencova, Z., Del Prado, R. & Crespo, A. 2010. Remototrachyna, a newly recognized tropical lineage of lichens in the Hypotrachyna clade (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota), originated in the Indian subcontinent. American Journal of Botany 97(4): 579–590. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900140 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Lumbsch, H.T., Ahti, T.T., Altermann, S., Amo de Paz, G., Aptroot, A., Arup, U., Bárcenas-Peña, A., Bawingan, P.A., Benatti, M.N., Betancourt, L., Björk, C.R., Boonpragob, K., Brand, A.M., Bungartz, F., Caceres, M.E.S., Candan, M., Chaves, J.L., Clerc, P., Common, R.S., Coppins, B.J., Crespo, A., Dal-Forno, M., Divakar, P.K., Duya, M.V., Elix, J.A., Elvebakk, A., Fankhauser, J.D., Farkas, E., Ferraro, L.I., Fischer, E., Galloway, D.J., Gaya, E., Giralt, M., Goward, T., Grube, M., Hafellner, J., Hernández, J.E., Herrera-Campos, M.A., Kalb, K., Kärnefelt, I., Kantvilas, G., Killmann, D., Kirika, P.M., Knudsen, K., Komposch, H., Kondratyuk, S.Y., Lawrey, J.D., Mangold, A., Marcelli, M.P., Mccune, B.P., Messuti, M.I., Michlig, A., Miranda-González, R., Moncada, B., Naikatini, A., Nelsen, M.P., Øvstedal, D.O., Palice, Z., Papong, K.B., Parnmen, S., Pérez-Ortega, S., Printzen, C., Rico, V.J., Plata, E.R., Robayo, J., Rosabal, D., Ruprecht, U., Allen, N.S., Sancho, L.G., De Jesus, L.S., Vieira, T.S., Schultz, M., Seaward, M.R.D., Sérusiaux, E., Schmitt, I., Sipman, H.J.M., Sohrabi, M., Søchting, U., Søgaard, M.Z., Sparrius, L.B., Spielmann, A.A., Spribille, T., Sutjaritturakan, J., Thammathaworn, A., Thell, A., Thor, G., Thüs, H., Timdal, E., Truong, C., Türk, R., Umaña-Tenorio, L., Upreti, D.K., Van den Boom, P., Rebuelta, M.V., Wedin, M., Will-Wolf, S., Wirth, V., Wirtz, N., Yahr, R., Yeshitela, K., Ziemmeck, F., Wheeler, T.B. & Lücking, R. 2011. One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity. Phytotaxa 18: 1–127. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.18.1.1 . Magnolia Press (PDF) Reference page.
Molina, M.C., Divakar, P.K., Millanes, A.M., Sánchez, E., Del Prado, R., Hawksworth, D.L. & Crespo, A.M. 2011. Parmelia sulcata (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae), a sympatric monophyletic species complex. The Lichenologist 43(6): 585–601. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000521 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Molina, M.C., Del Prado, R., Divakar, P.K., Sánchez-Mata, D. & Crespo, A.M. 2011. Another example of cryptic diversity in lichen-forming fungi: the new species Parmelia mayi (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(5): 331–342. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0060-4 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Nelsen, M.P., Chavez, N., Sackett-Hermann, E., Thell, A., Randlane, T., Divakar, P.K., Rico, V.J. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2011. The cetrarioid core group revisited (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae). The Lichenologist 43(6): 537–551. RLL List # 225 / Rec.# 33305 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000508 RLL (PDF) Reference page.
Divakar, P.K., Prado, R., Lumbsch, H.T., Wedin, M., Esslinger, T.L., Leavitt, S.D. & Crespo, A. 2012. Diversification of the newly recognized lichen-forming fungal lineage Montanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and its relation to key geological and climatic events. American Journal of Botany 99(12): 2014–2026. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200258 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Núñez-Zapata, J., Flakus, A., Sipman, H.J.M., Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2013. A molecular perspective on generic concepts in the Hypotrachyna clade (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Phytotaxa 132(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.132.1.2 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Jayalal, U., Divakar, P.K., Joshi, S., Oh, S.-O., Koh, Y.-J. & Hur, J.-S. 2013. The Lichen Genus Parmotrema in South Korea. Mycobiology 41(1): 25–36. DOI: 10.5941/MYCO.2013.41.1.25 . Reference page.
Ferencová, Z., Cubas, P., Divakar, P.K., Molina, M.C. & Crespo, A. 2014. Notoparmelia, a new genus of Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) based on overlooked reproductive anatomical features, phylogeny and distribution pattern. The Lichenologist 46(1): 51–67. RLL List # 240 / Rec.# 36542 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282913000649 Reference page.
Boluda, C.G., Rico, V.J., Crespo, A., Divakar, P.K. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2015. Molecular sequence data from populations of Bryoria fuscescens s. lat. in the mountains of central Spain indicates a mismatch between haplotypes and chemotypes. The Lichenologist 47(5): 279–286. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282915000274 . Reference page.
Boluda, C.G., Divakar, P.K., Hawksworth, D.L., Villagra, J. & Rico, V.J. 2015. Molecular studies reveal a new species of Bryoria in Chile. The Lichenologist 47(6): 387–394. RLL List # 241 / Rec.# 36883 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282915000298 Reference page.
Kirika, P.M., Leavitt, S.D., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Gatheri, G.W., Mugambi, G. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2015. The monotypic genus Bulborrhizina belongs to Bulbothrix sensu lato (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). The Bryologist 118(2): 164–169. RLL List # 240 / Rec.# 36385 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-118.2.164 Reference page.
Alors, D., Lumbsch, H.T., Divakar, P.K., Leavitt, S.D. & Crespo, A. 2016. An Integrative Approach for Understanding Diversity in the Punctelia rudecta Species Complex (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). PLoS ONE 11(2): e0146537, 1–17. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146537 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Mugambi, G., Orock, E.A., Leavitt, S.D., Gatheri, G.W. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Phylogenetic studies uncover a predominantly African lineage in a widely distributed lichen-forming fungal species. MycoKeys 14: 1–16. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.14.8971 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Gatheri, G.W., Mugambi, G., Leavitt, S.D., Moncada, B. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Molecular data show that Hypotrachyna sorocheila (Parmeliaceae) is not monophyletic. The Bryologist 119(2): 172–180. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-119.2.172 . JSTOR . Reference page.
Leavitt, S.D., Esslinger, T.L., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Hidden diversity before our eyes: Delimiting and describing cryptic lichen-forming fungal species in camouflage lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Fungal Biology 120(11): 1374–1391. RLL List # 245 / Rec.# 38257 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.06.001 Reference page.
Zhao, X., Leavitt S.D., Zhao, Z.-T., Zhang, L.-L., Arup, U., Grube, M., Pérez-Ortega, S., Printzen, C., Śliwa, L., Kraichak, E., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A. & Lumbsch, T.L. 2016. Towards a revised generic classification of lecanoroid lichens (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence. Fungal Diversity 78(1): 293–304. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-015-0354-5 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Kraichak, E., Leavitt, S.D., Singh, G., Schmitt, I. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Using a temporal phylogenetic method to harmonize family- and genus-level classification in the largest clade of lichen-forming fungi. Fungal Diversity 84(1): 101–117. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-017-0379-z . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Leavitt, S.D., Buaruang, K., Crespo, A., Mugambi, G., Gatheri, G.W. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. The genus Relicinopsis is nested within Relicina (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). The Lichenologist 49(3): 189–197. RLL List # 247 / Rec.# 38980 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282916000748 RLL (PDF) Reference page.
Molina, M.C., Divakar, P.K., Goward, T., Millanes, A.M., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A.M. 2017 [2016]. Neogene diversification in the temperate lichen-forming fungal genus Parmelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(2): 166–181. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1226977 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Wei, X.-L., Schmitt, I., Hodkinson, B.P., Flakus, A., Kukwa, M., Divakar, P.K., Kirika, P.M., Otte, J., Meiser, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the “Variolaria”-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota). PLoS ONE 12(7): e0180284, 1–14. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180284 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Zakeri, Z., Divakar, P.K. & Otte, V. 2017. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Aspiciliella, a resurrected genus of Megasporaceae, including the new species A. portosantana. Herzogia 30(1): 166–176. DOI: 10.13158/heia.30.1.2017.166 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Singh, G., Aptroot, A., Rico, V.J., Otte, J., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Cáceres, M.E.S., Lumbsch, H.T. & Schmitt, I. 2018. Neoprotoparmelia gen. nov. and Maronina (Lecanorales, Protoparmelioideae): species description and generic delimitation using DNA barcodes and phenotypical characters. MycoKeys 44: 19–50. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.44.29904 . Reference page.
Joshi, S., Upreti, D.K., Divakar, P.K., Lumbsch, H.T. & Lücking, R. 2018. A re-evaluation of thelotremoid Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) in India. The Lichenologist 50(6): 627–678. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282918000439 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Divakar, P.K., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Weerahewa, D., Delgado, G., Wang, Y. & Fu, L. 2018. Notes for genera update – Ascomycota: 6616–6821. Mycosphere 9(1): 115–140. DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/9/1/2 Mycosphere (PDF) Reference page.
Boluda, C.G., Rico, V.J., Divakar, P.K., Nadyeina, O.V., Myllys, L., McMullin, R.T., Zamora, J.C., Scheidegger, C. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2019. Evaluating methodologies for species delimitation: the mismatch between phenotypes and genotypes in lichenized fungi (Bryoria sect. Implexae, Parmeliaceae). Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 42: 75–100. DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2019.42.04 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Crespo, A., Rico, V.J., Garrido, E., Lumbsch, H.T. & Divakar, P.K. 2020. A revision of species of the Parmelia saxatilis complex in the Iberian Peninsula with the description of P. rojoi, a new potentially relict species. The Lichenologist 52(5): 365–376. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282920000341 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Al-Ani, L.K.T., Tedersoo, L., Haelewaters, D., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Zhao, R.-L., Aptroot, A., Leontyev, D.V., Saxena, R.K., Tokarev, Y.S., Dai, D.-Q., Letcher, P.M., Stephenson, S.L., Ertz, D., Lumbsch, H.T., Kukwa, M., Issi, I.V., Madrid, H., Phillips, A.J.L., Selbmann, L., Pfliegler, W.P., Horváth, E., Bensch, K., Kirk, P.M., Kolaříková, Z., Raja, H.A., Radek, R., Papp, V., Dima, B., Ma, J., Malosso, E., Takamatsu, S., Rambold, G., Gannibal, P.B., Triebel, D., Gautam, A.K., Avasthi, S., Suetrong, S., Timdal, E., Fryar, S.C., Delgado, G., Réblová, M., Doilom, M., Dolatabadi, S., Pawłowska, J., Humber, R.A., Kodsueb, R., Sánchez-Castro, I., Goto, B.T., da Silva, D.K.A., de Souza, F.A., Oehl, F., da Silva, G.A., da Silva, I.R., Błaszkowski, J., Jobim, K., Maia, L.C., Barbosa, F.R., Fiuza, P.O., Divakar, P.K., Shenoy, B.D., Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F., Somrithipol, S., Lateef, A.A., Karunarathna, S.C., Tibpromma, S., Mortimer, P.E., Wanasinghe, D.N., Phookamsak, R., Xu, J.-C., Wang, Y., Tian, F.-H., Alvarado, P., Li, D.-W., Kušan, I., Matočec, N., Mešić, A., Tkalčec, Z., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N., Papizadeh, M., Heredia, G., Wartchow, F., Bakhshi, M., Boehm, E., Youssef, N., Hustad, V.P., Lawrey, J.D., Santiago, A.L.C.M.A., Bezerra, J.D.P., Souza-Motta, C.M., Firmino, A.L., Tian, Q., Houbraken, J., Hongsanan, S., Tanaka, K., Dissanayake, A.J., Monteiro, J.S., Grossart, H.-P., Suija, A., Weerakoon, G., Etayo, J., Tsurykau, A., Vázquez, V., Mungai, P., Damm, U., Li, Q.-R., Zhang, H., Boonmee, S., Lu, Y.-Z., Becerra, A.G., Kendrick, B., Brearley, F.Q., Motiejūnaitė, J., Sharma, B., Khare, R., Gaikwad, S., Wijesundara, D.S.A., Tang, L.-Z., He, M.-Q., Flakus, A.G., Rodriguez-Flakus, P., Zhurbenko, M.P., McKenzie, E.H.C., Stadler, M., Bhat, D.J., Liu, J.-K., Raza, M., Jeewon, R., Nassonova, E.S., Prieto, M., Udeni Jayalal, R.G.U., Erdoğdu, M., Yurkov, A.M., Schnittler, M., Shchepin, O.N., Novozhilov, Y.K., Silva-Filho, A.G.S., Gentekaki, E., Liu, P., Cavender, J.C., Kang, Y.-Q., Sohrabi, M., Zhang, L.-F., Xu, R.-F., Li, Y.-M., Dayarathne, M.C., Ekanayaka, A.H., Wen, T.-C., Deng, C.-Y., Pereira, O.L., Navathe, S., Hawksworth, D.L., Fan, X.-L., Dissanayake, L.S., Kuhnert, E., Grossart, H.-P., Thines, M. 2020. Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 11(1): 1060–1456. DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . Reference page.

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