Xanthoparmelia_subverrucigera
Xanthoparmelia subverrucigera
Species of lichen
Xanthoparmelia subverrucigera is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Spain and Zimbabwe, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by lichenologists Oscar Blanco, Ana Crespo, and John Elix. The type specimen was collected by the authors in Embid de la Ribera (Zaragoza Province) at an altitude of 510 m (1,670 ft); here, the lichen was found growing on siliceous rocks. It has also been collected from Rhodes Matopos National Park in Zimbabwe. The specific epithet subverrucigera alludes to its resemblance with X. verrucigera.[1]
Xanthoparmelia subverrucigera contains several secondary compounds, including stictic acid and constictic acid as major metabolites, usnic acid, verrucigeric acid, lusitanic acid, and cryptostictic acid as minor metabolites, and trace amounts of connorstictic acid, and methylstictic acid.[1]
