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Cetraria Obtusata Comb. Et Stat. Nov., An Overlooked Lichen Species From the Central Alps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

P. P. G. Van Den Boom
Affiliation:
Aziëlaan 12, NL-5691 LC Son, The Netherlands
H. J. M. Sipman
Affiliation:
Botanischer Garten & Botanisches Museum, Königin-Luise-Straβe 6-8, D-14191 Berlin, Germany

Abstract

A description is given for Cetraria obtusata (Schaerer) v. d. Boom & Sipman, comb, et stat. nov., known so far only from the central Alps, and characterized by a pale yellow, C+ yellowish orange medulla and raised pseudocyphellae often surrounded by projections. It contains the rare lichen substance secalonic acid C and two unidentified substances.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1994

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