Masson, Didier;Magain, Nicolas;Sérusiaux, Emmanuël
Parmotrema
Sign in to saveParmotrema is a genus of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. It is a large genus, containing an estimated 300 species, with a centre of diversity in subtropical regions of South America and the Pacific Islands.
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Vinony's link graph records 84 inbound references to Parmotrema, and connects out to Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo, fungi and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Lecanorales genera, Lichen genera and Parmotrema.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyParmeliaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,299
- With media
- 2,220
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Collections
- US, COLO, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Kenya, Uruguay, South Africa, China, Brazil, Guyana, Argentina
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Parmeliaceae
- Image
- Parmotrema perforatum-2.jpg
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- taxon common name
- parmotrema lichen
- taxon name
- Parmotrema
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Parmotrema
- Commons category
- Parmotrema
- taxon author citation
- A. Massal.
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Uses
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Parmotrema is a genus of lichen belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. It is a large genus, containing an estimated 300 species, with a centre of diversity in subtropical regions of South America and the Pacific Islands.
Members of the genus are commonly called ruffle lichens or scatter-rag lichens.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parmotrema” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.