scholarly journals Floristic assessment of lichens in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satish Mohabe ◽  
Anjali Devi B. ◽  
A. Madhusudhana Reddy ◽  
Sanjeeva Nayaka

The district revealed the occurrence of 51 species belonging to 22 genera under 14 families. The lichen biota included 15 new records to Andhra Pradesh and five species endemic to India. Among the different growth forms foliose and crustose exhibit the maximum diversity represented by 22 and 21 species followed by 7 squamulose and 2 leprose lichens. Based on the habitat preference corticolous lichens showed maximum diversity represented by 32 species followed by 21 saxicolous and two ramicolous species while four species found growing on more than one substrates. Among the different families, Caliciaceae is the largest family which is consisting of 13 species under the five genera. Among the seven localities surveyed in the district, Gundumala and Penukonda hills exhibited maximum diversity of lichens represented by 34 and 26 species. Pyxine petricola Nyl. is widely distributed and recorded from 6 localities of the district. This species can be used for pollution monitoring studies in the area in future. The present paper is providing status of lichen diversity and their distribution pattern in Anantapur district for the first time.

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 697-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Flakus ◽  
Harrie J. M. Sipman ◽  
Kerstin Bach ◽  
Pamela Rodriguez Flakus ◽  
Kerry Knudsen ◽  
...  

Abstract This paper presents new records of 180 lichen species from Bolivia; 103 are new national records. Three species, Bryonora curvescens (Mudd) Poelt (also from Ecuador), Lepraria elobata Tønsberg and Pyrenula laetior Müll. Arg., are reported for the first time from the Southern Hemisphere, and five, Bathelium aff. sphaericum (C. W. Dodge) R. C. Harris, Lepraria jackii Tønsberg, Psiloparmelia arhizinosa Hale, Szczawinskia tsugae A. Funk and Trinathotrema lumbricoides (Sipman) Sipman & Aptroot, are new to South America. To complement the rather poorly recognized distribution of some species, five of the taxa reported here are also new to Ecuador. Notes on distribution and chemistry are provided for most species, and some, especially those belonging to taxonomically critical groups, are discussed in greater detail.


2019 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktoria N. Tarasova ◽  
Tatiana N. Pystina ◽  
Vera I. Androsova ◽  
Angella V. Sonina ◽  
Andrei A. Valekzhanin ◽  
...  

The paper presents the results of the ongoing research of lichen diversity in Arkhangelsk Region of Russia, in Vodlozersky National Park which is the largest protected area in the territory of NW Russia. In total, 155 species of lichens and allied fungi are recorded for the first time for the Arkhangelsk part of the Vodlozersky National Park, and 69 species – for the whole mainland area of Arkhangelsk Region.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
GOTHAMIE WEERAKOON ◽  
ANDRÉ APTROOT

The lichen diversity of ten forest sites representing different geographical regions in Sri Lanka was investigated. In total, c. 1500 specimens of c. 400 species were recorded of the evaluated groups (all except the Graphidaceae and a few foliose groups). The following new species are described: Astrothelium conjugatum, Heterodermia fragmentata, Lecanactis minutissima, Megalotremis cylindrica, Porina microtriseptata, Porina monilisidiata, Psoroglaena spinosa, Pyrenula multicolorata, and Schistophoron muriforme. A further 64 species are reported for the first time from Sri Lanka, including 30 new records for the Indian subcontinent and eight new to Asia.


2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
Michal Tkoč

Abstract Flat-footed fly (Diptera: Platypezidae) Agathomyia cinerea (Zetterstedt, 1852) is recorded from the Czech Republic for the first time, based on specimens found in the Bukovec Nature Reserve near Jizerka (Kořenov) in the Jizerské hory Mts and Svatý Petr in the Krkonoše Mts. The distribution, seasonal occurrence and habitat preference of this species in Europe are commented. Additionally, two other flat-footed flies, Polyporivora picta (Meigen, 1830) and Seri obscuripennis (Oldenberg, 1916) are recorded for the first time from the territory of Bohemia.


2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Yun ZHANG ◽  
Xin Yu WANG ◽  
Dong LIU ◽  
Hai Xia SHI ◽  
Meiv Xia YANG ◽  
...  

AbstractThe lichen family Ophioparmaceae contains three genera: Boreoplaca, Hypocenomyce and Ophioparma. The genus Hypocenomyce is reported here for the first time for China, being represented by the species Hypocenomyce scalaris which is distributed in south-western China. For the genus Ophioparma, one new species is described in this paper, namely Ophioparma pruinosa Li S. Wang & Y. Y. Zhang sp. nov., which is characterized by a pruinose thallus and the presence of usnic acid. Ophioparma araucariae is also reported as new for the Chinese lichen biota. Previous reports of O. lapponica in China are recognized as misidentifications of O. ventosa. Descriptions, keys and phylograms are provided for these species.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 266 (2) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. M. JAGADEESH RAM ◽  
G. P. SINHA

A world key to the genera Cryptothecia and Myriostigma is presented. Four species of Cryptothecia: C. albomaculans, C. elata, C. elongata and C. superphyllinica, and a Myriostigma: M. nicobaricum are described as new to science from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Cryptothecia albomaculans has a heteromerous thallus, whitish ascigerous areas not elevated above the thallus, ellipsoid, 9–11 × 3–5 septate ascospores of 47–57 × 24–30 µm and produces 2’-O-methylperlatolic acid. Cryptothecia elata has a homoiomerous thallus with distinctly raised ascomata, ascospores of (72–)84–122 × (25–)36–62(–72) µm and contains 2’-O-methylmicrophyllinic acid. Cryptothecia elongata has a heteromerous thallus, raised, irregular, 1–4 mm wide ascigerous areas covered by a photobiont layer, narrowly ellipsoid-oblong, 16–24 × 2–6 septate ascospores of 90–114 × 21–30 µm, and produces gyrophoric and lecanoric acids. Cryptothecia superphyllinica has a homoiomerous thallus, whitish, raised, rounded to linear ascigerous areas 0.5–1.5 mm in diam., broadly ovoid to ellipsoid, 9–15 × 3–6 septate ascospores of (45–)58–76(–80) × (22–)24–33(–38) µm and 2’-O-methylsuperphyllinic acid. Myriostigma nicobaricum has a homoiomerous thallus, whitish, raised, rounded, ascigerous areas 0.3–0.8 mm in diam.,  broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, 8–11 × 2–4 septate, 34–48 × 16–22 µm ascospores and confluentic acid. Cryptothecia aleurodes, C. eungellae and C. striata are new additions to the lichen biota of India. Ascospores of Cryptothecia eungellae are described for the first time and illustrated.


2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 51-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry E. Himelbrant ◽  
Irina S. Stepanchikova ◽  
Ekaterina S. Kuznetsova ◽  
Jurga Motiejūnaitė ◽  
Ludmila A. Konoreva

We present an updated checklist for Konevets Island (Leningrad Region, Russia). The revealed lichen biota comprises 435 species, including 378 lichens, 46 lichenicolous fungi and 11 non-lichenized saprobic fungi, of which 31 species (27 lichens and 4 lichenicolous fungi) are known only from collections made by Veli Räsänen (1917, 1938). Acremonium hypholomatis is reported for the first time for Russia; Caloplaca soralifera, Trapelia corticola, and Muellerella lichenicola for Northwestern European Russia; and Bacidia vermifera, Lecanora mughicola, Micarea contexta, Pyrenochaeta xanthoriae, Rhizocarpon disporum, Stigmidium squamariae and Xylographa difformis for Leningrad Region. From lichenological point of view, the most valuable habitats of Konevets Island are old-growth spruce forests. The studied lichen biota is rich and diverse and exceptionally well-preserved in comparison to the mainland part of Karelian Isthmus. It definitely deserves protection.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Zakaria S. Almola ◽  
Basheer A. Al-Ni'ma ◽  
Nadeem A. Ramadan

The lichen biota of the Amadiya and Rowanduz districts in the Mountain physiogeographic region in Iraq was sampled in 2013. The samples provided 47 species belonging to 29 genera and 14 families. Among them 37 species are new records for Iraq. All species except Lichinella cribellifera and Thelidium sp. were found in Amadiya district whereas only 13 species occurred in Rowanduz district. Most of the species (59.5%) were crustose, while 27.6% were foliose, 12.7 % squamulose and none fruticose. The three most species-rich genera are Caloplaca with 7 species, Collema with 5 species and Aspicilia with 3 species; 6 genera were represented by 2 species and 20 by single species. All saxicolous lichens were calciphilic while the corticolous lichens were acidophilic. The most common and dominant species is Lecanora muralis, found in all 17 studied locations.Keywords: Lichens; Iraq; Physiogeographic regions; Mountain region.Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 24(1): 23–32, 2017 (June) 


1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiva Kumar Rai ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Misra

A total 51 taxa of cyanophycean algae belonging to 28 genera have been enumerated from different lotic and lentic freshwater bodies of east Nepal during October, 2002 to June, 2004. Of these, 19 taxa were new additions to the cyanophycean flora of Nepal and 39 were new records for the study area. Coelosphaerium Nägeli, Fischerella (Bornet et Flahault) Gomont and Myxosarcina Printz were the first time describing genera for the country. Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont has the maximum species observed in the study and were frequent in most of the samples too. The distribution pattern of cyanophycean algae according to different topography were as Terai>Mountain> Himalaya.Keywords: Algae; Cyanophyceae; Himalaya; East Nepal.DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v17i2.6694Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 17(2): 121-139, 2010 (December)


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2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1421-1431
Author(s):  
Kevin Ramírez-Roncallo ◽  
Hugo Gómez-Ramírez ◽  
María A. Negritto

The lichen diversity of the Caribbean region of Colombia is one of the least known in the county. In the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), whose forests are at risk of disappearing due to deforestation, 114 species of lichens have been recorded. We collected lichens at elevations from 500 to 2500 m on the northwestern slopes of the SNSM, and we report six genera and 19 species from this region for the first time. Our results highlight the importance of exploring new areas to enhance our knowledge of the lichens of SNSM and Colombia.


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