Punctelia canaliculata is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is found in South America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Punctelia |
| Species: | P. canaliculata
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| Punctelia canaliculata | |
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Taxonomy
editThe lichen was first formally described in 1914 by Norwegian botanist Bernt Arne Lynge as Parmelia canaliculata.[2] Hildur Krog transferred it to the newly created subgenus Punctelia in 1982. She noted that the lichen differed from all other species of Punctelia in having marginal to submarginal apothecia, many with perforated discs (mainly marginal), pycnidia immersed in the thallus, and sublinear, canaliculate lobes (with longitudinal grooves) similar to those of some Platismatia species. Other characteristics suggested a placement in Punctelia, such as the form of the pseudocyphellae, the unciform (hook-like) pcynidia, and unknown fatty acids similar to those found in Punctelia reddenda.[1]
Distribution
editPunctelia canaliculata is found in Brazil and Uruguay.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b Krog, Hildur (1982). "Punctelia, a new lichen genus in the Parmeliaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 2 (3): 287–292. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1982.tb01191.x.
- ^ Lynge, B. (1914). "Die Flechten der ersten Regnellschen Expedition. Die gattungen Pseudoparmelia gen. nov. und Parmelia Ach". Arkiv för Botanik (in German). 13 (13): 1–172.
- ^ Lehnen, Paula Graziela; Käffer, Márcia Isabel; Lucheta, Fabiane; Schmitt, Jairo Lizandro (2017). "Estrutura da comunidade de liquens corticícolas em área urbana e rural no município de Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil". Iheringia, Série Botânica (in Portuguese). 72 (1): 66–74. doi:10.21826/2446-8231201772107.
- ^ Osorio, Hector (2003). "Contribution to the lichen flora of Uruguay. XXXVIII. Some collections from eastern Uruguay" (PDF). Comunicaciones Botanicas. 126 (6): 1–12.
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