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Issue: Vol. 205 No. 3: 21 April 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.205.3.8
Page range: 205–210
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species in the lichen genus Caloplaca from the Canary Islands, including a key to all brown-black Caloplaca sensu lato species in Macaronesia


Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna, c/ Astrofísico Sánchez s/n E-38071 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna, c/ Astrofísico Sánchez s/n E-38071 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna, c/ Astrofísico Sánchez s/n E-38071 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna, c/ Astrofísico Sánchez s/n E-38071 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Biodiversity Macaronesia taxonomy Teloschistaceae

Abstract

Caloplaca nigrocarpa sp. nov. found on bark of canary willow from the Canary Islands is described as new to science. A description of the species is given together with notes on its chemistry, distribution, ecology and taxonomy. Related lichen taxa are discussed briefly and a key to the Macaronesian species of the genus Caloplaca s.l. with brown-black apothecia is also provided.