Parmelia lambii

Parmelia lambii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Parmelia
Species:
P. lambii
Binomial name
Parmelia lambii
Øvstedal (2009)
Synonyms[1]
  • Physcia tabacina Hue (1915)

Parmelia lambii is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in the Antarctic Peninsula.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Auguste-Marie Hue in 1915 as Physcia tabacina.[2] The type specimen was collected from Jenny Island in Marguerite Bay. Although the specimen was later lost, Elke Mackenzie had examined it and written up an unpublished description in 1959.[3] Based on Mackenzie's detailed description, Dag Olav Øvstedal proposed in 2009 that the specimen actually represented a previously unrecognized species of Parmelia. He considered that the minute punctiform (point-like) pseudocyphellae suggested a position in genus Punctelia, but the presence of atranorin and salazinic acid as lichen products indicated a placement in Parmelia. Because the name Parmelia tabacina had already been published for another taxon, a new name was need, and so Øvstedal honoured Elke Mackenzie (formerly Lamb) in the new specific epithet lambii.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Synonymy: Parmelia lambii Øvstedal, Nova Hedwigia 88(1-2): 161 (2009)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. ^ Hue, M. l'Abbe (1915). Deuxieme Expedition Antarctique (1908–1910) commandee par Ie Dr. Jean Charcot. - Sciences Naturelles: Documents Scientifiques (in Latin). pp. 46–47.
  3. ^ Lewis Smith, R.I. (2000). "I.M.Lamb's contribution to Antarctic lichenology". Nova Hedwigia. 70: 491–504.
  4. ^ Øvstedal, D.O.; Lewis Smith, R.I. (2009). "Further additions to the lichen flora of Antarctica and South Georgia" (PDF). Nova Hedwigia. 88 (1–2): 157–168.