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Psoroma urupukapukianum Elvebakk & M.Ford

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Psoroma urupukapukianum Elvebakk & M.Ford, Perspect. Biodivers. 3: 52–55 (2025)
Psoroma urupukapukianum Elvebakk & M.Ford

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Elvebakk, A.; Knight, A.; Ford, M. (2025)
Psoroma urupukapukianum was described from Urupukapuka Island in the Bay of Islands, Te Tai Tokerau / Northland, Aotearoa / New Zealand based on two herbarium collections made in 1980. It has recently been sought at its type locality without success.

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Elvebakk & M.Ford
Elvebakk & M.Ford
Elvebakk, A.; Knight, A.; Ford, M. 2025: Psoroma urupukapukianum sp. nov. and squamulose Pannaria lichen species in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Perspectives in Biodiversity 3(1): 44–58. (Published online: August 2025)
2025
52–55
ICN
Psoroma urupukapukianum Elvebakk & M.Ford
species
Psoroma urupukapukianum
Named after its only known locality, Urupukapuka Island, Pēwhairangi / Bay of Islands, Te Tai Tokerau / Northland, Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
Holotype: Aotearoa / New Zealand, Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island, Te Tai Tokerau / Northland: Eastern Northland Ecological Region, Eastern Northland and Islands Ecological District, Bay of Islands, Urupukapuka Island. 35°1'S, 174°1'E, on tea tree bark, Jan. 1980, B.W. & G.C. Hayward (AK 155087).

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
Lecanorales
Pannariaceae
Psoroma
urupukapukianum

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Etymology
Named after its only known locality, Urupukapuka Island, Pēwhairangi / Bay of Islands, Te Tai Tokerau / Northland, Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
Elvebakk, A.; Knight, A.; Ford, M. 2025: Psoroma urupukapukianum sp. nov. and squamulose Pannaria lichen species in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Perspectives in Biodiversity 3(1): 44–58. (Published online: August 2025)
typification
Holotype: Aotearoa / New Zealand, Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island, Te Tai Tokerau / Northland: Eastern Northland Ecological Region, Eastern Northland and Islands Ecological District, Bay of Islands, Urupukapuka Island. 35°1'S, 174°1'E, on tea tree bark, Jan. 1980, B.W. & G.C. Hayward (AK 155087).
Elvebakk, A.; Knight, A.; Ford, M. 2025: Psoroma urupukapukianum sp. nov. and squamulose Pannaria lichen species in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Perspectives in Biodiversity 3(1): 44–58. (Published online: August 2025)

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60d98c82-d4e9-46fd-9e1d-4be461d07d66
scientific name
Names_Plants
3 October 2025
9 January 2026
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