Biology:Ramalina subfarinacea

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Short description: Species of lichen in the family Ramalinaceae


Ramalina subfarinacea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Ramalina
Species:
R. subfarinacea
Binomial name
Ramalina subfarinacea
(Nyl. ex Cromb.) Nyl. (1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ramalina scopulorum var. subfarinacea Nyl. ex Cromb. (1872)
  • Ramalina angustissima (Anzi) Vain. (1888)

Ramalina subfarinacea is a species of lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. It was first described by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1872 as Ramalina scopulorum var. subfarinacea.[2] Nylander promoted it to species status in another publication that year.[3]

Ramalina subfarinacea is known to contain both stictic acid and usnic acid.[4]

References

  1. "Ramalina subfarinacea (Nyl. ex Cromb.) Nyl.". Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=123407. 
  2. Crombie, J.M. (1872). "Notes on the British Ramalinas in the herbarium of the British Museum". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 10: 70–75. 
  3. Nylander, W. (1872). "Observata lichenologia in Pyranaeis orientalibus" (in la). Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 6: 258. 
  4. Saenz, M. T.; Garcia, M. D.; Rowe, J. G. (2006). "Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical studies of some lichens from south of Spain". Fitoterapia 77 (3): 156-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2005.12.001. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21310531 entry