Protoparmelia ryaniana
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Lecanorales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Parmeliaceae
Subfamilia: Protoparmelioideae
Genus: Protoparmelia
Species: Protoparmelia ryaniana
Name
[edit]Protoparmelia ryaniana Van den Boom, Sipman & Elix, 2007
Etymology: named after the late Bruce Ryan, Lichen Herbarium at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Type: Mexico, Baja California: Punta Santa Tomas.
Life habit: lichenized, lichenicolous at least when young.
Substrate and ecology: In maritime, arid to semi-arid habitats, initially lichenicolous on Dimelaena radiata, Tephromela atra or Verrucaria sp., eventually independent on acid rocks.
References
[edit]- Van den Boom, Sipman & Elix, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 3: 392 (2007)
- Van den Boom, P.P.G.; Sipman, H.J.M. and Elix, J.A. (2007) Protoparmelia (pp. 392-393) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (RLL List # 210 / Rec. # 30426 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of Protoparmelia ryaniana: pp. 392-393; black-and-white photo of thallus: p. 392, fig. 36)