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Bryoria rigida, a new Asian lichen species from the Himalayan region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2012

Per M. JØRGENSEN ,
Leena MYLLYS ,
Saara VELMALA  and
Li-Song WANG
Per M. JØRGENSEN
Affiliation:
Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, Allégt. 41, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Leena MYLLYS*
Affiliation:
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014University of Helsinki, Finland. Email: leena.myllys@helsinki.fi
Saara VELMALA
Affiliation:
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014University of Helsinki, Finland. Email: leena.myllys@helsinki.fi
Li-Song WANG
Affiliation:
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Heilongtan, Kunming, Yunnan, 650204, China
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Abstract

Molecular studies have revealed the presence of yet another species in the Bryoria bicolor complex in China, which confirms that the mountains of SE Asia to be an evolutionary centre for Bryoria sect. Divaricatae. The new species B. rigida is formally described. It is characterized by a stiff and coarse thallus, which contains fumarprotocetraric acid and often protocetraric acid as the main substances. A key to the divaricate species of Bryoria in the Himalayan region is provided.

Keywords

biogeographyChinataxonomy
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 44 , Issue 6 , November 2012 , pp. 777 - 781
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2012

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