Flavopunctelia flaventior

Flavopunctelia flaventior is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described as a new species by James Stirton in 1877 as Parmelia flaventior. In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred it to the subgenus Flavopunctelia of her newly circumscribed genus Punctelia, created to contain Parmelia species with punctate (point-like) pseudocyphellae.[2] Mason Hale raised this subgenus to generic status a couple of years later, setting Flavopunctelia flaventior as the type species of the new genus.[3] The lichen is commonly known as the speckled greenshield.[4] Flavopunctelia flaventior occurs in Asia, Europe, East Africa, North America, and South America.[5]

Flavopunctelia flaventior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Flavopunctelia
Species:
F. flaventior
Binomial name
Flavopunctelia flaventior
(Stirt.) Hale (1984)
Synonyms[1]
  • Parmelia flaventior Stirt. (1877)
  • Punctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Krog (1982)

References
  1. "Synonymy: Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale, Mycotaxon 20(2): 682 (1984)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. Krog, Hildur (1982). "Punctelia, a new lichen genus in the Parmeliaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 2 (3): 287–292. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1982.tb01191.x.
  3. Hale Jr, Mason E. (1983). "Flavopunctelia, a new genus in the Parmeliaceae (Ascomycotina)". Mycotaxon. 20 (2): 681–682.
  4. Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-0300082494.
  5. Sohrabi, M.; Jamshidikia, M. (2007). "Two species of Flavopunctelia new to the lichenized mycota of Iran". Iranian Journal of Botany. 13 (1): 4–5. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.1026.6478.


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