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Usnea contexta Motyka

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Usnea contexta Motyka, Usnea 2(1), 436–437 (1937)
Usnea contexta Motyka

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Australasian

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Motyka
Motyka
1937
436–437
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Usnea contexta Motyka
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Usnea contexta

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contexta

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Usnea contexta Motyka

Thallus decumbent, straggling, rarely fruticose or subpendulous, 10-15 cm long, soft, flaccid when moist, yellowish-green or yellowish-white, smooth and shining, matt, repeatedly dichotomously branching, terricolous. Branches divergent, irregularly curved, 1 mm wide, abruptly attenuate at apices, irregularly jointed, primary branches ± inflated or articulate at branch points, terete, slightly faveolate-impressed in basal parts, smooth, glabrous, occasionally indistinctly papillate, secondary branches rather few, without tubercles, isidia, soredia or spinules. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: Fumarprotocetraric, protocetraric and usnic acids.

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Usnea contexta Motyka
Usnea contexta Motyka
Usnea contexta Motyka
Usnea contexta Motyka
Usnea contexta Motyka

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Usnea contexta Motyka
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Usnea contexta Motyka
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Usnea contexta Motyka
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Usnea contexta Motyka
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Usnea contexta Motyka
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Usnea contexta Motyka
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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111dfaca-1d29-4e2f-bacf-d5b69df6ce54
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1 January 2000
24 March 2023
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