Ramalina subfarinacea is a species of lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. It was first described by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1872 as Ramalina scopulorum var. subfarinacea.[2] Nylander promoted it to species status in another publication that year.[3]
Ramalina subfarinacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Ramalina |
Species: | R. subfarinacea
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Binomial name | |
Ramalina subfarinacea | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ramalina subfarinacea is known to contain both stictic acid and usnic acid.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Ramalina subfarinacea (Nyl. ex Cromb.) Nyl". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Crombie, J.M. (1872). "Notes on the British Ramalinas in the herbarium of the British Museum". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 10: 70–75.
- ^ Nylander, W. (1872). "Observata lichenologia in Pyranaeis orientalibus". Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie (in Latin). 6: 258.
- ^ Saenz, M. T.; Garcia, M. D.; Rowe, J. G. (2006). "Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical studies of some lichens from south of Spain". Fitoterapia. 77 (3): 156–159. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2005.12.001.