Skip to content
Parmelina

Specimen image via iDigBio · CC0

EntityQ5231718· pop 9· linked from 14 articles

Parmelina is a genus of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1974 by American lichenologist Mason Hale with Parmelina tiliacea assigned as the type species.

Museum specimens

Specimen records
227
With media
174
Family
Parmeliaceae
Collections
WIS, US, ASU, DUKE, CHSC, ALA
Recorded in
Guatemala, Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Venezuela, Guyana, New Zealand, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Parmeliaceae
Image
Parmelina.tiliacea2.-.lindsey.jpg
Show 6 more facts
taxon name
Parmelina
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Parmelina
taxonomic type
Parmelina tiliacea
taxon common name
Fraai schildmos
taxon author citation
Hale
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • References

Parmelina is a genus of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1974 by American lichenologist Mason Hale with Parmelina tiliacea assigned as the type species.

==Species== Parmelina atricha Parmelina carporrhizans Parmelina coleae Parmelina cryptotiliacea – Spain Parmelina gyrophorica Parmelina kanakia Parmelina pastillifera Parmelina quercina Parmelina tiliacea Parmelina yalungana

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parmelina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 8 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0