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A chemotaxonomic study of Lethariella zahlbruckneri and L. smithii (lichenized Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae) from Hengduanshan Mountains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Dong-ling NIU ,
Li-song WANG ,
Ying-jun ZHANG  and
Chong-ren YANG
Dong-ling NIU
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, P. R. China. Email: zhangyj@mail.kib.ac.cn Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100039, P. R. China
Li-song WANG
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, P. R. China
Ying-jun ZHANG
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, P. R. China. Email: zhangyj@mail.kib.ac.cn
Chong-ren YANG
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, P. R. China. Email: zhangyj@mail.kib.ac.cn
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Abstract:

A taxonomic investigation of Lethariella smithii and L. zahlbruckneri has established that they are conspecific. Three chemical races are recognized: race 1 containing norstictic acid, race 2 norstictic acid and placodiolic acid, and race 3 placodiolic acid as major medullary substances.

Keywords

chemical raceHPLClichenssynonym
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , November 2007 , pp. 549 - 553
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2007

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