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| Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories | ||
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References | ||
| Canoparmelia raunkiaeri (Vain.) Elix & Hale | ||
| Mycotaxon 27: 278 (1986); Parmelia raunkiaeri Vain., Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn., ser.A, 6: 19 (1915). T: Cane Bay, St. Croix, [West Indies], 11 Jan. 1906, C.Raunkiaer 461; lecto: TUR; isolecto: C, FH, fide M.E.Hale, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 31: 42 (1976). | ||
| Thallus adnate, to 5–8 cm wide. Lobes imbricate, subirregular, 2–4 mm wide; apices rotund. Upper surface pale grey, smooth, becoming irregularly rugose towards centre, without isidia; pustulate-sorediate, pustules coalescing in coarsely sorediate mass on older portions of thallus. Medulla white. Lower surface black, with brown zone at margins; rhizines sparse, simple, black. Apothecia and pycnidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: cortex K+ yellow; medulla K-, either C-, KC- or C+ rose, KC+ rose, P+ orange-red; containing atranorin, chloroatranorin, protocetraric acid (major), ±gyrophoric acid and unidentified fatty acids. | ||
| Common, occurs on both rock and bark of trees in open drier areas of tropical Australia (N.T. and Qld) and south to the N.S.W. border; also in Lord Howe Is. It also occurs in Central America and the Caribbean. | ||
| Elix (1994c) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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