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The Lichens Of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean II: Parmeliaceae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

H. J. J. Simone Louwhoff  and
John A. Elix
H. J. J. Simone Louwhoff
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, The Faculties, Australian National University, Canberra 0200, A.C.T., Australia.
John A. Elix
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, The Faculties, Australian National University, Canberra 0200, A.C.T., Australia.
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Abstract

Ten parmelioid taxa in five genera were identified from Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean. These comprise: three species of Bulbothrix, one species of Canoparmelia, four species of Parmotrema, one species of Rimelia and one species of Xanthoparmelia. Canoparmelia rarotongensis Louwhoff & Elix is described as new, being distinguished from other species of this genus by its unique secondary chemistry (lecanoric acid) and conspicuous, inflated isidia. The majority of parmelioid lichens on Rarotonga have cosmopolitan and pantropical distributions. Bulboihrix is reported for the first time from the Polynesian region.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 49 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2000

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