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Chemotaxonomic study of the Lethariella cladonioides complex (lichenized Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2011

Dong-ling NIU ,
Hiroshi HARADA ,
Li-song WANG ,
Ying-jun ZHANG  and
Chong-ren YANG
Dong-ling NIU
Affiliation:
Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China.
Hiroshi HARADA
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Aoba-cho 955-2, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan.
Li-song WANG
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, P. R. China.
Ying-jun ZHANG*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, P. R. China.
Chong-ren YANG
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, P. R. China.
*
Email: zhangyj@mail.kib.ac.cn
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Abstract

A chemotaxonomic study was carried out on the Lethariella cladonioides complex, including L. sernanderi and L. cashmeriana of the subgenus Chlorea, based on extensive field surveys and a detailed morphological and chemical analysis. Only one species, L. cladonioides made up of five chemical races, is recognized. Lethariella sernanderi and L. cashmeriana are reduced to synonyms under L. cladonioides. The presence of a remarkable chemical polymorphism within the population of L. cladonioides is demonstrated. New data on the chemistry and the distribution of the species are presented.

Keywords

chemical racefruticose specieslichen-forming fungitaxonomysubgenus Chlorea

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The Lichenologist , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , May 2011 , pp. 213 - 223
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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2011

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