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Usnea angulata Ach.

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Usnea angulata Ach., Syn. Meth. Lich. 307 (1814)
Usnea angulata Ach.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Pantropical

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Ach.
Ach.
1814
307
ICN
Usnea angulata Ach.
species
Usnea angulata

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angulata

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Thallus pendulous, 30-60(-200) cm long, pale greenish or olivaceous, sometimes tinged reddish, ± dichotomously branching, entangled. Branches uniform near base, 0.5-1 mm thick, thinner at apices, slender, terete or angular, stiff, longitudinally ridged or winged along most of length of branch, often longitudinally furrowed, sometimes papillate, secondary branchlets at right angles to main branches, crowded, straight or curved, 0.5-1.5 mm long, articulate-cracked at base, terete, smooth or papillate, without soredia, pseudocyphellae, spinules or isidia. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: Norstictic, salazinic and usnic acids.

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Usnea angulata Ach.
Usnea angulata Ach.
Usnea angulata Ach.
Usnea torquescens Stirt.
Usnea angulata Ach.

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Usnea angulata Ach.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Usnea angulata Ach.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Usnea angulata Ach.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Usnea angulata Ach.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 December 2010
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