Lethariella sinensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Lethariella |
Species: | L. sinensis
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Binomial name | |
Lethariella sinensis J.C.Wei & Y.M.Jiang (1982)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Lethariella sinensis is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. [2] It was formally described as a new species in 1982 by Chinese lichenologists Jiang-Chun Wei and Yu-Mei Jiang. The type specimen was collected from Qamdo (eastern Tibet) at an altitude of 4,300 m (14,100 ft); there, it was found growing on the branch of Thuja. It is an orange, long pendant lichen with a reticulate surface. [3] In 2001, Walter Obermayer showed that the holotype specimen of Lethariella sinensis comprised two chemically unique taxa: one with psoromic acid and the other with norstictic acid. The former was chosen as the lectotype, and as a consequence, Lethariella mieheana became synonymous with L. sinensis. [1]
Lethariella sinensis is one of three species of Lethariella that is used as a purported health-promoting tea in Yunnan, China. [4] Thin-layer chromatography analysis shows the presence of the following lichen products in the thallus: atranorin, canarione, psoromic acid, 2'-O-demethylpsoromic acid, and traces of gyrophoric acid. [1]
Lethariella sinensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Lethariella |
Species: | L. sinensis
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Binomial name | |
Lethariella sinensis J.C.Wei & Y.M.Jiang (1982)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Lethariella sinensis is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. [2] It was formally described as a new species in 1982 by Chinese lichenologists Jiang-Chun Wei and Yu-Mei Jiang. The type specimen was collected from Qamdo (eastern Tibet) at an altitude of 4,300 m (14,100 ft); there, it was found growing on the branch of Thuja. It is an orange, long pendant lichen with a reticulate surface. [3] In 2001, Walter Obermayer showed that the holotype specimen of Lethariella sinensis comprised two chemically unique taxa: one with psoromic acid and the other with norstictic acid. The former was chosen as the lectotype, and as a consequence, Lethariella mieheana became synonymous with L. sinensis. [1]
Lethariella sinensis is one of three species of Lethariella that is used as a purported health-promoting tea in Yunnan, China. [4] Thin-layer chromatography analysis shows the presence of the following lichen products in the thallus: atranorin, canarione, psoromic acid, 2'-O-demethylpsoromic acid, and traces of gyrophoric acid. [1]