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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 | ||
| Parmotrema chinense (Osbeck) Hale & Ahti | ||
| Taxon 35: 133 (1986) Lichen chinensis Osbeck, Dagb. Ostind. Resa 221 (1757). T: specimen and pl. 20, fig. 39B, J.J.Dillenius, Hist. Musc. 147 (1742); lecto: OXF, n.v., fide M.E.Hale & T.Ahti, loc. cit. Lichen perlatus Huds., Fl. Angl. 448 (1762); Parmelia perlata (Huds.) Ach., Methodus 216 (1803); Parmotrema perlatum (Huds.) M.Choisy, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Soc. Bot. Lyon 21: 174 (1952), nom. illeg.; lecto: as for L. chinensis Osbeck. Parmelia coniocarpa Laurer, Linnaea 2: 39 (1827). T: Nova Hollandia, [N.S.W.], F.W.Sieber 50; holo: M, n.v., fide M.E.Hale, Contr. U.S. Natl Herb. 36: 300 (1965). Parmelia schweinfurthii f. sorediata Müll.Arg., Flora 70: 59 (1887); Parmelia protosorediata Gyeln., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 288 (1931). T: East Gippsland, Vic., C.Walther; holo: G, n.v., fide M.E.Hale, loc. cit. |
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| Thallus loosely adnate to adnate, membranaceous to coriaceous, to 5–13 cm wide. Lobes subirregular, 5–10 mm wide, without laciniae; margins entire; cilia apical, 2–5 mm long. Upper surface pale grey, emaculate, smooth, without soredia; isidia cylindrical, becoming coralloid branched, fragile, eciliate. Medulla white. Lower surface black, erhizinate in a broad zone along margins; rhizines sparse, simple, short, brown. Apothecia not seen. Pycnidia uncommon. Conidia not seen. CHEMISTRY: cortex K+ yellow; medulla K+ bright yellow, C-, P+ orange-red; containing atranorin, chloroatranorin, stictic acid (major), constictic acid (major), cryptostictic acid (trace), menegazziaic acid (trace) and norstictic acid (trace). | ||
| Grows on bark and wood in southern and eastern Australia (W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas.). This cosmopolitan species is widespread throughout tropical and temperate areas; in Australasia it also occurs in New Zealand, Norfolk Is., Fiji and Papua New Guinea. | ||
| Elix (1994t) | ||
| Checklist Index |
| Introduction | A–D | E–O | P–R | S–Z | Oceanic Islands | References |
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