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New species and new records of the lichen genus Porpidia (Lecideaceae) from western China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2012

Xin Yu WANG
Affiliation:
Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea. Email: jshur1@sunchon.ac.kr Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan 650204, China.
Lu Lu ZHANG
Affiliation:
College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
Yogesh JOSHI
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Kumaun University, S.S.J. Campus, Almora 263601, Uttarakhand, India.
Hai Ying WANG
Affiliation:
College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.
Jae Seoun HUR*
Affiliation:
Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea. Email: jshur1@sunchon.ac.kr

Abstract

A taxonomic study of the genus Porpidia in western China revealed two species hitherto unknown to science, Porpidia squamosa and P. shangrila, along with three new records for the country: P. flavicunda, P. soredizodes and P. thomsonii. Detailed taxonomic descriptions, ecological and chemical characters, and illustrations are provided for the new taxa, and brief taxonomic descriptions provided for the newly reported taxa. A key to all known Chinese Porpidia species is also provided.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2012

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