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The Lichens of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean I: Pyrenocarpous Taxa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

P. M. McCarthy
P. M. McCarthy
Affiliation:
Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 787, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia.
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Abstract

Four new pyrenocarpous lichens are described from Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean: Porina deminuta (Trichotheliaceae), Pyrenula ochraceoflava var. pacifica (Pyrenulaceae), Strigula decipiens var. divisa (Strigulaceae) and Verrucaria fortuita (Verrucariaceae). The new combinations Porina eminentior (Nyl.) P. M. McCarthy and P. exocha (Nyl.) P. M. McCarthy are made for Thelenella eminentior Nyl. (Clathroporina eminentior (Nyl.) Müll. Arg.) and Verrucaria exocha Nyl. (Clathroporina exocha (Nyl.) Müll. Arg.), respectively. Brief descriptions and additional notes are provided for 26 other taxa. The phytogeographical affinities and possible origins of the pyrenocarpous lichens of Rarotonga and Lord Howe Island are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 15 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2000

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