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Sticta alpinotropica, a new saxicolous lichen species from the alpine zone of Mt Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2008

André APTROOT
Affiliation:
ABL Herbarium, Gerrit van der Veenstraat 107, NL–3762 XK Soest, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected]

Abstract:

The lichen species Sticta alpinotropica is described new to science from Papua New Guinea. It grows on rock between 3900 and 4200 m elevation in an alpine environment virtually on the equator. Although it is locally abundant, it is known only from one small mountain top.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2008

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