Montanelia is a genus of lichenized fungi belonging to the family Parmeliaceae.[1] It was circumscribed by Pradeep K. Divakar, Ana Crespo, Mats Wedin, and Theodore L. Esslinger in 2012 to accommodate a group of five species previously assigned to the genus Melanelia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Montanelia Divakar et al. |
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species:[1]
- Montanelia disjuncta (Erichsen) Divakar, A.Crespo, Wedin & Essl.
- Montanelia occultipanniformis S.D.Leav., Essl., Divakar, A.Crespo & Lumbsch
- Montanelia panniformis (Nyl.) Divakar, A.Crespo, Wedin & Essl.
- Montanelia predisjuncta (Essl.) Divakar, A.Crespo, Wedin & Essl.
- Montanelia saximontana (R.A.Anderson & W.A.Weber) S.D.Leav., Essl., Divakar, A.Crespo & Lumbsch
- Montanelia secwepemc S.D.Leav., Essl., Divakar, A.Crespo & Lumbsch
- Montanelia sorediata (Ach.) Divakar, A.Crespo, Wedin & Essl.
- Montanelia tominii (Oxner) Divakar, A.Crespo, Wedin & Essl.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Montanelia Divakar et al". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Divakar et al. 2012, pp. 2022–3.
Sources
edit- Divakar, Pradeep K.; Del-Prado, Ruth; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten; Wedin, Mats; Esslinger, Theodore L.; Leavitt, Steven D.; Crespo, Ana (December 2012). "Diversification of the newly recognized lichen-forming fungal lineage Montanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and its relation to key geological and climatic events". American Journal of Botany. 99 (12): 2014–2026. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200258.