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The Parmeliaceae (Lichenized Ascomycota) of New Caledonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Simone H. J. J. Louwhoff  and
John A. Elix
Simone H. J. J. Louwhoff
Affiliation:
S. H. J. J. Louwhoff: Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
John A. Elix
Affiliation:
J. A. Elix: Chemistry Department, The Faculties, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia.
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Abstract

A key to forty-one species in ten parmelioid genera [Bulbothrix (4 spp.), Canoparmelia (1 sp.), Hypotrachyna (7 spp.), Myelochroa (1 sp.), Parmelina (2 spp.), Parmelinopsis (1 sp.), Parmotrema (18 spp.), Relicina (2 spp.), Rimelia (3 spp.) and Xanthoparmelia (2 spp.)] from New Caledonia is provided, in addition to brief taxonomic descriptions as well as notes on distribution. Five of the forty-one species are endemic to New Caledonia, and thirteen are new records for the island. Several old names used in the literature are clarified.

Keywords

PacificdistributionbiogeographyGondwanalichenological exploration
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 34 , Issue 5 , September 2002 , pp. 373 - 394
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2002

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