Alectoria_(genus_of_lichens)

<i>Alectoria</i> (fungus)

Alectoria (fungus)

Genus of lichens


Alectoria is a genus of fruticose lichens belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.[1]

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Species

  • Alectoria brodoana Essl. (2016) – Mexico[2]
  • Alectoria gowardii Lumbsch (2010)[3]Northwest Territories
  • Alectoria imshaugii Brodo & D.Hawksw. (1977)
  • Alectoria lata (Taylor) Linds. (1859) – North America; Central America; Asia[2]
  • Alectoria mexicana Brodo & D.Hawksw. (1977) – Mexico[2]
  • Alectoria ochroleuca (Schrank) A.Massal. (1855)
  • Alectoria ochroleucoides Essl. (2016) – Mexico[2]
  • Alectoria sarmentosa (Ach.) Ach. (1810)
  • Alectoria sorediosa (K.G.W.Lång ex Räs.) McMullin & Lendemer (2016)
  • Alectoria spiculatosa Li S.Wang & Xin Y.Wang (2015)Yunnan, China

References

  1. Lücking, Robert; Hodkinson, Brendan P.; Leavitt, Steven D. (2017). "The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota–Approaching one thousand genera". The Bryologist. 119 (4): 361–416. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-119.4.361. S2CID 90258634.
  2. Esslinger, T.L. (2016). "Alectoria in Mexico". In Herrera-Campos, Maria; Pérez-Pérez, Rosa Emilia; Nash, Thomas H. III (eds.). Lichens of Mexico. The Parmeliaceae – Keys, distribution and specimen descriptions. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 110. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 69–80. ISBN 978-3-443-58089-6.
  3. Lumbsch, H.T.; Huhndorf, S.H. (2010). "Notes on ascomycete systematics". Fieldiana Botany. 1: 42–64.



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