Parmelinella is a genus of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1987 by John Elix and Mason Hale as a segregate of Parmelina, from which it differs in having larger ascospores and containing salazinic acid. Although the genus had been assumed to be well-defined morphologically, a 2021 molecular phylogenetic study suggests that the generic delimitations need to be revised.
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Parmelinella is a genus of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1987 by John Elix and Mason Hale as a segregate of Parmelina, from which it differs in having larger ascospores and containing salazinic acid. Although the genus had been assumed to be well-defined morphologically, a 2021 molecular phylogenetic study suggests that the generic delimitations need to be revised.
==Species== Parmelinella afrocetrata Parmelinella chozoubae – Asia Parmelinella cinerascens – South America Parmelinella inexplicabilis Parmelinella manipurensis Parmelinella mutata – South America Parmelinella nimandairana – Africa; Asia Parmelinella salacinifera – North America; Central America; South America; Caribbean islands; Thailand Parmelinella schimperiana – Kenya Parmelinella simplicior – Africa; Asia Parmelinella versiformis – South America Parmelinella wallichiana – Africa; Asia; Australia; South America
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