Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Details

Name scientific

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner (1911)

Preferred name

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Taxonomy reference

Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 2. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Linked name

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Cosmopolitan

Nomenclature

Combination authors

J.Steiner

Original authors

Scop.

Authors

(Scop.) J.Steiner

Year published

1911

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Lichen rupestris Scop.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Protoblastenia rupestris

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Lecanorales

Family

Psoraceae

Genus

Protoblastenia

Species

rupestris

Synonyms

Lichen rupestris Scop.

Descriptions

Galloway, D. J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Government Printer, Wellington.

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Description

Thallus greenish-white to greenish-grey, smooth, irregularly cracked, often lacking or immersed. Apothecia sessile or subimmersed, 0.3-0.8 mmdiam., disc dull orange-red (K+ purple). Ascospores ellipsoid, simple, 8-15 × 5-8 µm. Chemistry: Emodin, parietin (main pigment), teloschistin, fallacinal and parietinic acid.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Lichen rupestris Scop.

Lichen rupestris Scop.

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Galloway, D. J. (1985)

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner

Metadata

Record id

0a4bc872-5d92-4a54-a7ff-76dca344d7b3

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

2 June 2010

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