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A new species of Lecanactis (Arthoniales, Roccellaceae) from Madagascar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Damien ERTZ  and
Emmanuël SÉRUSIAUX
Damien ERTZ
Affiliation:
National Botanical Garden, Domaine de Bouchout, B-1860 Meise, Belgium. Email: damien.ertz@br.fgov.be
Emmanuël SÉRUSIAUX
Affiliation:
Plant Taxonomy and Conservation Biology, University of Liège, Sart Tilman B22, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
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Abstract

Lecanactis rubra is described as new to science. It is characterized by having rounded to irregular or lirellate ascomata, relatively wide 3-septate ascospores and by the production of gyrophoric acid and an anthraquinone. The species is known only from the type locality in the deciduous dry forests in the western part of Madagascar.

Keywords

Lecanactis rubraanthraquinonetaxonomy
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , March 2009 , pp. 147 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2009

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