Cladonia confusa R.Sant.
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Cladonia confusa R.Sant., Ark. Bot. 30A: 13 (1942)
Cladonia confusa R.Sant.
Biostatus
Nomenclature
R.Sant.
R.Sant.
1942
13
ICN
Cladonia confusa R.Sant.
species
Cladonia confusa
Classification
Synonyms
Descriptions
Primary thallus evanescent. Podetia in mats or tufts often spreading in dense swards, 2-15 cm tall, branching loose to dense, isotomic, mainly trichotomous, irregular or forming compact rounded heads, branches slender 0.3-0.4 mm diam., internodes 5 mm long, axils distinctly open with star-like diverging branchlets. Cortex cottony with minute algal glomerules, greenish-yellow to pale yellow, sometimes bright yellow, never brownish at apices. Chemistry: Cortex K-, KC+ yellow, Pd-. Perlatolic, anziaic and usnic acids.
Taxonomic concepts
Cladina leptoclada (Abbayes) D.J.Galloway
Cladina leptoclada (Abbayes) D.J.Galloway
Cladonia confusa R.Sant.
Cladonia leptoclada Abbayes
Cladonia confusa R.Sant.
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 July 2011