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Chemical Variation and Geographical Distribution of Asahinea Chrysantha (Tuck.) Culb. & C.Culb.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

T. Randlane  and
A. Saag
T. Randlane
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Bioindication, Tartu University, 202400 Lai Street 38, Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR
A. Saag
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Bioindication, Tartu University, 202400 Lai Street 38, Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR
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Abstract

Sixty-two samples of Asahinea chrysantha from different localities in the Soviet Union were analysed by TLC. Three different chemotypes are recognised, each with a different geographical distribution. The most restricted of the three is an usnic acid deficient chemotype (I), with atranorin, alectoronic and α-collatolic acids, which is chemically the same as A. scholanderi and A. kurodakensis. Chemotype II contains usnic acid in addition to the basic chemistry, and chemotype III is α-collatolic acid deficient and has the widest geographical range. A centre of speciation of Asahinea in Soviet Primorje or Japan is proposed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 303 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1989

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