Biology:Xanthoparmelia ajoensis
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Short description: Species of lichen found in the USA and Mexico
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. ajoensis
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| Xanthoparmelia ajoensis (T.H.Nash) Egan (1975)
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Xanthoparmelia ajoensis is a foliose lichen that belongs to the genus Xanthoparmelia. The lichen is uncommon and is listed as vulnerable by the Nature Conservatory.[1]
Description
Xanthoparmelia ajoensis grows to around 2–6 cm in diameter with irregularly lobate lobes which are approximately 1–3 mm wide. The upper surface of the lichen is yellow-green on the surface and pale brown to brown on the underside.[2][3]
Habitat and range
Xanthoparmelia ajoensis is found in the North American southwest including the US states of Arizona,[4] California ,[5] Colorado, and New Mexico and the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Sonora.[6]
Chemistry
Xanthoparmelia ajoensis has been recorded as containing usnic acid and 3-α-hydroxybarbatic acids.[3][6]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NatureServe Explorer – Xanthoparmelia ajoensis". NatureServe. 2022-08-23. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.121620/Xanthoparmelia_ajoensis.
- ↑ Hutten, M.; Arup, U.; Breuss, O.; Esslinger, T. L.; Fryday, A. M.; Knudsen, K.; Lendemer, J. C.; Printzen, C. et al. (2013-09-09). "Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Yosemite National Park, California". North American Fungi 8: 1. doi:10.2509/naf2013.008.011. ISSN 1937-786X. http://openjournals.wsu.edu/index.php/pnwfungi/article/view/1131.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "CNALH - Xanthoparmelia ajoensis". https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/taxa/index.php?taxon=54727&clid=1113.
- ↑ Jackson, H. B., Leavitt, S. D., Krebs, T., & Clair, L. L. S. (2005). Lichen flora of the eastern Mojave Desert: Blackrock Arizona, Mojave County, Arizona, USA. Evansia, 22(1), 30–38.
- ↑ Proulx, Knudsen, K.; St. Clair, L. L. (2016). "A checklist of Mojave Desert lichens, USA.". North American Fungi 11 (6): 1–49. doi:10.2509/naf2016.011.006. https://www.pnwfungi.org/index.php/pnwfungi/article/view/1473.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Culberson, Chicita F.; Iii, Thomas H. Nash; Johnson, Anita (1979). "3-α-Hydroxybarbatic Acid, a New Depside in Chemosyndromes of Some Xanthoparmeliae with β-Orcinol Depsides". The Bryologist 82 (2): 154. doi:10.2307/3242074. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3242074.
Wikidata ☰ Q10721002 entry
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