Lepra novae-zelandiae (Szatala) I.Schmitt, A.W.Archer & Lumbsch

Details

Name scientific

Lepra novae-zelandiae (Szatala) I.Schmitt, A.W.Archer & Lumbsch in Wei et al., PLOS ONE 12: 9 (2017)

Preferred name

Lepra novae-zelandiae (Szatala) I.Schmitt, A.W.Archer & Lumbsch

Taxonomy reference

Wei, X.L.; Schmitt, .I; Hodkinson, B.P.; Flakus, A; Kukwa, M.; Divakar, P.K; Kirika, P.M.; Otte, J.; Meiser, A.; Lumbsch, H.T. 2017: Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the “Variolaria”-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota). PLOS ONE 12(7): e0180284, 1–14.

Linked name

Lepra novae-zelandiae (Szatala) I. Schmitt, A.W. Archer & Lumbsch 2017

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Galloway (2007) recorded the basionym, Pertusaria novae-zelandiae, as Australasian

Nomenclature

Combination authors

I.Schmitt, A.W.Archer & Lumbsch

Original authors

Szatala

Authors

(Szatala) I.Schmitt, A.W.Archer & Lumbsch

Publication place

Year published

2017

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pertusaria novaezelandiae Szatala

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Lepra novae-zelandiae

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Pertusariales

Family

Pertusariaceae

Genus

Lepra

Species

novae-zelandiae

Synonyms

Pertusaria novaezelandiae Szatala

Descriptions

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

Pertusaria novaezelandiae Szatala

Description

Thallus glaucous green to fawnish or grey-green, continuous, wrinkled- plicate to ± papillate, delimited at margins by a thin, dark, wavy line of prothallus, spreading in patches, 3-5 cm diam., matt or shining, occasionally shallowly cracked to ± areolate, sorediate. Soralia in eroding papillae, devoid of hymenial elements, round, 0.05-0.8 mm diam., soredia white or grey-white, granular-farinose. Chemistry: Medulla K+ purple. Hypothamnolic acid.