Pseudocyphellaria_allanii

<i>Pseudocyphellaria allanii</i>

Pseudocyphellaria allanii

Species of lichen

Pseudocyphellaria allanii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) and foliose (leafy) lichen in the family Peltigeraceae. Found in New Zealand, it was formally described as a new species in 1982 by Bernd Renner and David Galloway. The type specimen was collected by Galloway on the path to Emily Falls on Mount Peel (South Canterbury); here it was found growing on a fallen Pseudowintera on a stream bank.[1] The lichen contains the secondary compounds 7β-acetoxyhopan-22-ol and hopan-15α-22-diol, which are derivatives of the triterpene compound hopane.[2] The specific epithet allanii honours New Zealand botanist Harry Allan, who "described the vegetation of Mt Peel, and who later promoted interest in New Zealand lichens".[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Renner, B.; Galloway, D.J. (1982). "Phycosymbiodemes in Pseudocyphellaria in New Zealand". Mycotaxon. 16 (1): 197–231.
  2. [2]
    Walker, John R.L.; Lintott, Elizabeth A. (1997). "A phytochemical register of New Zealand lichens". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 35 (3): 369–384. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1997.10410162.


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