Upretia squamulosa, a new lichen species from the arid valley of Jinsha-Jiang river, China

TY - JOUR

T1 - Upretia squamulosa, a new lichen species from the arid valley of Jinsha-Jiang river, China

AU - Zhang, Yan Yun

AU - Wang, Xin Yu

AU - Li, Li Juan

AU - Søchting, Ulrik

AU - Yin, An Cheng

AU - Wang, Shi Qiong

AU - Wang, Li Song

PY - 2019/5/8

Y1 - 2019/5/8

N2 - Upretia squamulosa is described as new to science from the arid valley of Jinsha-jiang River, China. It is characterized by a squamulose thallus, greyish green to brown upper surface, lecanorine apothecia, and by containing gyrophoric and lecanoric acids. The other species in the genus, U. amarkantakana, differs from the new species by the crustose to subsquamulose thallus with lobate margin and the absence of gyrophoric and lecanoric acids. A phylogenetic tree based on nrITS for Upretia and related genera in the subfamily Caloplacoideae is established to assess the affinities of the new species.

AB - Upretia squamulosa is described as new to science from the arid valley of Jinsha-jiang River, China. It is characterized by a squamulose thallus, greyish green to brown upper surface, lecanorine apothecia, and by containing gyrophoric and lecanoric acids. The other species in the genus, U. amarkantakana, differs from the new species by the crustose to subsquamulose thallus with lobate margin and the absence of gyrophoric and lecanoric acids. A phylogenetic tree based on nrITS for Upretia and related genera in the subfamily Caloplacoideae is established to assess the affinities of the new species.

KW - Ioplaca

KW - Lichenized fungi

KW - Molecular phylogeny

KW - Taxonomy

KW - Teloschistaceae

U2 - 10.11646/phytotaxa.402.6.3

DO - 10.11646/phytotaxa.402.6.3

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85066989337

SN - 1179-3155

VL - 402

SP - 288

EP - 294

JO - Phytotaxa

JF - Phytotaxa

IS - 6

ER -