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Issue: Vol. 297 No. 1: 22 February 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.3
Page range: 29–41
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

Four new species of Bryoria (Lichenized Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae) from the Hengduan Mountains, China

Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China, 650204.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China, 650204.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China, 650204. Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea.
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China, 650204.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China, 650204.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China, 650204.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, China, 650204.
Divaricatae Lichenized fungi Taxonomy Lichens China

Abstract

Bryoria is one of the most common lichen genera in the Hengduan Mountains; however, due to only preliminary studies in China, species delimitations are poorly known. In this study, thousands of specimens from this region were examined, combined with morphological and chemical characters as well as phylogeny of ITS sequences. Four species of Bryoria are described as new to science: B. barbata, B. fruticulosa, B. wuii and B. yunnana. Consequently, the number of Bryoria species known from this area is increased to 24. Detailed descriptions of the new species and a key to all the known Chinese species are provided.