Biology:Vahliella adnata

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Vahliella adnata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Vahliellaceae
Genus: Vahliella
Species:
V. adnata
Binomial name
Vahliella adnata
(P.M.Jørg. & Upreti) P.M.Jørg. (2008)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fuscopannaria adnata P.M.Jørg. & Upreti (2005)

Vahliella adnata is a species of rock-dwelling squamulose lichen in the family Vahliellaceae.[2] Found in Tamil Nadu, India, it was described as a new species in 2005 by the lichenologists Per Magnus Jørgensen and Dalip Kumar Upreti. The type specimen was collected in shola forest in the Nilgiri Mountains. It is named for its [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]] (joined), feather-like incised [[Glossary of lichen terms#{{biology:{1}}}|{{Biology:{1}}}]].[3] Jørgensen transferred the taxon to the newly erected genus Vahliella in 2008.[4]

References

  1. "Synonymy. Current Name: Vahliella adnata (P.M. Jørg. & Upreti) P.M. Jørg., Lichenologist 40(3): 222 (2008)". Species Fungorum. https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=534045. 
  2. "Vahliella adnata (P.M. Jørg. & Upreti) P.M. Jørg.". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7F9WJ. 
  3. Upreti, D.K.; Divakar, P.K.; Nayaka, S. (2005). "Notes on some Indian Pannariaceous Lichens.". Nova Hedwigia 81 (1–2): 97–113. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0081-0097. Bibcode2005NovaH..81...97U. 
  4. Jørgensen, Per M. (2008). "Vahliella, a new lichen genus". The Lichenologist 40 (3): 221–225. doi:10.1017/S0024282908007780. Bibcode2008ThLic..40..221J. 

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