Biology:Platismatia stenophylla

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Short description: Species of lichen

Platismatia stenophylla
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Platismatia
Species:
P. stenophylla
Binomial name
Platismatia stenophylla
(Tuck.) W.L.Culb. & C.F.Culb. (1968)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cetraria lacunosa f. stenophylla Tuck. (1882)
  • Cetraria lacunosa subsp. stenophylla (Tuck.) Herre (1910)
  • Cetraria stenophylla (Tuck.) G.Merr. (1910)
  • Platysma glaucum var. stenophyllum (Tuck.) R.Howe (1913)

Platismatia stenophylla is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in western North America, from Vancouver Island south to central California , usually close to a shore. It was first formally described as a species of Cetrelia in 1882 by American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman. William and Chicita Culberson transferred it to the genus Platismatia in 1968. The lichen is distinguished from others in its genus by its narrow, linear lobes. It contains caperatic acid and atranorin as lichen products.[2]

References

  1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Platismatia stenophylla (Tuck.) W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb., Contr. U.S. natnl. Herb. 34: 548 (1968)". Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=345666. 
  2. Culberson, William Louis; Culberson, Chicita F. (1968). The Lichen Genera Cetrelia and Platismatia (Parmeliaceae). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 34. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 449–558 [548]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/399704. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10633074 entry