Leprocaulon Nyl.
Details
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
8 species known worldwide; one in New Zealand
Nomenclature
Nyl.
Nyl.
1878
ICN
genus
Leprocaulon
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Leprocaulon Nyl.
Thallus small, slender, cartilaginous, ± terete, simple or branched, crowded, erect or intricated, pseudopodetia leprose-sorediate, irregularly lumpy-rotulose, or minutely verrucose, surface glabrous or slightly arachnoid-tomentose, sometimes ± decumbent and dorsiventral, in some species with root-like downward extensions into the substrate. Primary thallus absent or ± persistent, when present minutely verruculose, squamulose or powdery-dissolute. , apothecia and pycnidia absent. Photobiont green, .
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 September 2010