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Anzia
Sign in to saveAnzia is a genus of foliose lichens known as black-foam lichens in the large family Parmeliaceae. It was formerly included in the monogeneric family Anziaceae, but this has since been subsumed into the Parmeliaceae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 129
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Collections
- US, FH, COLO, NY, MEL, DUKE
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Papua New Guinea, Guyana, India, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, China
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Distribution
- Evolutionary history
- Species
- References
Anzia is a genus of foliose lichens known as black-foam lichens in the large family Parmeliaceae. It was formerly included in the monogeneric family Anziaceae, but this has since been subsumed into the Parmeliaceae.
==Taxonomy==
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