Haloplaca suaedae is a species of epiphytic (plant-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae.[2] It was formally described as a new species in 2001 by the lichenologists Oliver L. Gilbert and Brian John Coppins, who initially classified it in the genus Caloplaca.[3] Ulf Arup and colleagues transferred it to the newly created genus Haloplaca in 2013, as part of a larger molecular phylogenetics-informed restructuring of the Teloschistaceae.[4] The type specimen was collected in Dorset (South West England), at The Fleet along Chesil Beach (grid reference 30/668756) at sea level. It was found growing epiphytically on Suaeda vera beside a saline lagoon on 19 September 2000. The species name suaedae refers to its only known host.[3] In addition to England, it also occurs in Greece, Morocco, and Turkey.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Haloplaca |
| Species: | H. suaedae
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| Haloplaca suaedae (O.L.Gilbert & Coppins) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
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References
edit- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Haloplaca suaedae (O.L. Gilbert & Coppins) Arup, Frödén & Søchting, Nordic Jl Bot. 31(1): 61 (2013)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Haloplaca suaedae (O.L. Gilbert & Coppins) Arup, Frödén & Søchting". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b Gilbert, Oliver (2001). "The Lichen flora of coastal saline lagoons in England". The Lichenologist. 33 (5): 409–417. doi:10.1006/lich.2001.0344.
- ^ a b Arup, Ulf; Søchting, Ulrik; Frödén, Patrik (2013). "A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 16–83. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00062.x.
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