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Identification key to the lichen species of the parmelioid clade in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2022

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Arthur Macharia Muhoro
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Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2–4, H-2163 Vácrátót, Hungary
Arthur Macharia Muhoro
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Doctoral School of Biological Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Páter K. u. 1, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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Author for correspondence: Edit Farkas. E-mail: farkas.edit@ecolres.hu
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Abstract

Of the c. 900 lichen species known from Kenya, 178 belong to the parmelioid clade. Several of these parmelioid taxa require further revisionary studies. An identification key to the species of the parmelioid clade, based on updated nomenclature, is produced to support the practical work in collecting and selecting certain parmelioid lichens for further research. A new combination Parmotrema nyasense (C. W. Dodge) R. S. Egan comb. nov. in Egan et al., Bibliotheca Lichenologica 110, 383 (2016) is published here by R. S. Egan.

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East Africalichenized funginomenclatureParmeliaceaespecies determinationtaxonomy

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The Lichenologist , Volume 54 , Special Issue 5: African Lichenology , September 2022 , pp. 299 - 318
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