Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Krogia
Species: Krogia antillarum

Name

Krogia antillarum Timdal, 2009


Type location: JAMAICA. PARISH OF PORTLAND: North slope below Corn Puss Gap, alt. 1850 ft., montane rain forest, 14 Feb 1953, H. A. Imshaug 14552 (MSC, holotype).

Habitat and distribution: Krogia antillarum is known from six localities in the West Indies (Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago). Altitude ranges from 500 m to 5800 ft [1700 m]. All specimens were corticolous and collected either in "forested area", "montane thicket", "rain forest", or "montane rainforest".

References

  • Timdal, E. (2009) Krogia antillarum (Ramalinaceae), a new lichen species from the West Indies. The Bryologist 112(2): 387–389.   (RLL List # 215 / Rec. # 31536 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Black-and-white photos of Krogia antillarum: thallus, p. 388, fig. 1A & 1B; ascus: p. 388, fig. 1C)
  • The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Krogia antillarum

Vernacular names

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