Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales 

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

Familia: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Ramalina
Species: Ramalina usnea

Name edit

Ramalina usnea (L.) R.Howe, 1914


Current name according to Index Fungorum: Ramalina australiensis Nyl., 1870

Basionym
  • Lichen usnea L., 1767

Synonyms edit

  • Ramalina bogotensis Nyl.
  • Ramalina subanceps Nyl.

Primary references edit

  • R. Howe, Bryologist 17: 81, fig. 1, pl. 12, figs 1-2 (1914)
  • Howe, R.H., Jr. (1914) North American species of the genus Ramalina. VIII. The Bryologist 17(6): 81–87.   (Mattick Rec.# 27615 - Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)

References edit

  • Rundel, P.W. (1978) Evolutionary relationships in the Ramalina usnea complex. Lichenologist 10(2): 141–156.   (RLL List # 102-65 / Rec. # 16008 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Abstract) (Illustration of Ramalina usnea: p. 150)
  • Kashiwadani, H. and Nash III, T.H. (2004) Ramalina, pp. 440-455. In T.H. Nash III, B.D. Ryan, P. Diederich, C. Gries & F. Bungartz (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25950 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Ramalina usnea: p. 454)

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Vernacular names edit

English: Cartilage lichen