Biology:Parmelia lambii

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Short description: Species of lichen

Parmelia lambii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Parmelia
Species:
P. lambii
Binomial name
Parmelia lambii
Øvstedal (2009)
Synonyms[1]
  • Physcia tabacina Hue (1915)

Parmelia lambii is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in the Antarctic Peninsula.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Auguste-Marie Hue in 1915 as Physcia tabacina.[2] The type specimen was collected from Jenny Island in Marguerite Bay. Although the specimen was later lost, Elke Mackenzie had examined it and written up an unpublished description in 1959.[3] Based on Mackenzie's detailed description, Dag Olav Øvstedal proposed in 2009 that the specimen actually represented a previously unrecognized species of Parmelia. He considered that the minute punctiform (point-like) pseudocyphellae suggested a position in genus Punctelia, but the presence of atranorin and salazinic acid as lichen products indicated a placement in Parmelia. Because the name Parmelia tabacina had already been published for another taxon, a new name was need, and so Øvstedal honoured Elke Mackenzie (formerly Lamb) in the new specific epithet lambii.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q108131317 entry