Lasallia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Umbilicariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise in 1821.[1] The genus name Lasallia honours of Mr. Lasalle (born around 1820), who was a French gardener and botanist, who worked in Fontainebleau.[2] Early molecular phylogenetics analysis of internal transcribed spacer DNA showed that the genus was monophyletic.[3]
| Lasallia | |
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| L. pustulata, type species of genus Lasallia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Umbilicariales |
| Family: | Umbilicariaceae |
| Genus: | Lasallia Mérat (1821) |
| Type species | |
| Lasallia pustulata (L.) Mérat (1821)
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| Species | |
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L. caroliniana | |
High performance liquid chromatography analysis of several Lasallia species revealed a number of secondary metabolites in this genus, including gyrophoric acid, lecanoric acid, umbilicaric acid, 7-chloroemodin, valsarin, skyrin, hiascic acid, and ovoic acid.[4]
Species
edit- Lasallia caroliniana (Tuck.) Davydov, Peršoh & Rambold (2010)
- Lasallia freyana D.D.Awasthi (2007)[5]
- Lasallia laceratula (Vain.) J.C.Wei & W. Guo (2019)
- Lasallia pensylvanica (Hoffm.) Llano (1950)
- Lasallia pustulata (L.) Mérat (1821)
- Lasallia rubiginosa (Pers.) Llano (1950)
References
edit- ^ Mérat de Vaumartoise, F.V. (1821). Nouvelle flore des environs de Paris (in French). Vol. 1 (2 ed.). p. 202.
- ^ Hertel, Hannes (2012). Gattungseponyme bei Flechten und Lichenicolen Pilzen [Generic eponyms in lichens and lichenicolous fungi]. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 107. Stuttgart: J. Cramer. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-3-443-58086-5.
- ^ Ivanova, Natalia V.; Depriest, Paula T.; Bobrova, Vera K.; Troitsky, Alexey V. (1999). "Phylogenetic Analysis of the lichen family Umbilicariaceae based on nuclear ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA sequences". The Lichenologist. 31 (5): 477–489. doi:10.1006/lich.1999.0223.
- ^ Posner, Birgit; Feige, Guido Benno; Leuckert, Christian (1991). "Beiträge zur Chemie der Flechtengattung Lasallia Mérat / On the Chemistry of the Lichen Genus Lasallia Merat". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 46 (1–2): 19–27. doi:10.1515/znc-1991-1-204.
- ^ Awasthi, Dharani Dhar (2007). A Compendium of the Macrolichens from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Dehra Dun, India: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 345. ISBN 978-8121106009.
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