Parmelina

Parmelina is a genus of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1974 by American lichenologist Mason Hale with Parmelina tiliacea assigned as the type species.[2]

Parmelina
Parmelina tiliacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Parmelina
Hale (1974)
Type species
Parmelina tiliacea
(Hoffm.) Hale (1974)

Species

  • Parmelina atricha (Nyl.) P.Clerc (2008)
  • Parmelina carporrhizans (Taylor) Hale (1974)
  • Parmelina coleae Argüello & A.Crespo (2007)
  • Parmelina cryptotiliacea A.Crespo & Núñez-Zapata (2011)
  • Parmelina gyrophorica Elix, Sheng L.Wang & J.B.Chen (2000)
  • Parmelina kanakia Louwhoff & Elix (2000)
  • Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale (1976)
  • Parmelina quercina (Willd.) Hale (1974)
  • Parmelina tiliacea (Hoffm.) Hale (1974)
  • Parmelina yalungana (Zahlbr.) P.R.Nelson & Kepler (2012)

All species of Parmelina with a Australasian-South African distribution were transferred to the new genus Austroparmelina in 2010.[3]

References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  2. Hale, Mason E. (1974). "Bulbothrix, Parmelina, Relicina and Xanthoparmelia, four new genera in the Parmeliaceae". Phytologia. 28 (5): 479–490.
  3. Crespo, Ana; Ferencova, Zuzana; Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Elix, John A.; Divakar, Pradeep K. (2010). "Austroparmelina, a new Australasian lineage in parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota)". Systematics and Biodiversity. 8 (2): 209–221. doi:10.1080/14772001003738320. S2CID 84715679.


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