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Rinodina Algarvensis, A New Saxicolous Sorediate Species from Portugal Containing the Stictic Acid Complex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Mireia Giralt
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal (Bot´nica), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, E–08071 Barcelona, Spain
Mercedes Barbero
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Vegetal (Bot´nica), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, E–08071 Barcelona, Spain
Pieter van den Boom
Affiliation:
Aziëlaan 12, NL–5691 LC SON, The Netherlands

Abstract

A new sorediate species of Rinodina (R. algarvensis sp. nov.) is describedfrom SouthPortugal, where it grows on siliceous rocks. It is mainly characterized by its distinctivechemistry, being the only saxicolous Rinodina species hitherto known to contain stictic, cryptostictic, norstictic and menegazziaic acids in addition to atranorin and zeorin. It is compared with R. aspersa, a morphologically similar saxicolous species, which also occurs in south-west Europe, and with R. stictica, a corticolous, sorediate, North American species that also contains the stictic acid chemosyndrome.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1996

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