A regional study of the genus Phyllopsora (Ramalinaceae) in Asia and Melanesia
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Kistenich, Sonja
Author
Bendiksby, Mika
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Vairappan, Charles S.
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Weerakoon, Gothamie
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Wijesundara, Siril
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Wolseley, Patricia A.
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Timdal, Einar
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MycoKeys
2019
53
23
72
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.53.33425
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.53.33425
1314-4049-53-23
Phyllopsora gossypina (Sw.) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S. Ekman
Description.
Hue (1909)
.
Distribution.
Apparently pantropical.
Remarks.
The species (Fig. 5C) was included in the genus
Crocynia
until recently (
Kistenich et al. 2018b
), and not originally a part of our taxon sampling; hence the few specimens examined. The accession from Sri Lanka (7201) clusters together with specimens of
C. molliuscula
(Suppl. material 1: Fig. S1), from which it is morphologically and chemically different. Further specimens need to be investigated to inform about its relationship to
C. molliuscula
. The species is the phylogenetic sister to
P. imshaugii
(Fig. 1).