Parmotrema amboimense | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Parmotrema |
Species: | P. amboimense
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Binomial name | |
Parmotrema amboimense | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Parmotrema amboimense is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae that is found in Africa. It was first described by Carroll William Dodge in 1959 as a species of Parmelia. [2] Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Parmotrema in 1974. [3] The type collection was made in Cuanza Sul Province ( Angola), where it was found growing at an elevation of 1,000 m (3,300 ft); Dodge also noted the presence of the lichen in Cameroon and Uganda. Parmotrema amboimense has a pale olive- buff coloured thallus measuring up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter. [2]
Parmotrema amboimense | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Parmotrema |
Species: | P. amboimense
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Binomial name | |
Parmotrema amboimense | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Parmotrema amboimense is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae that is found in Africa. It was first described by Carroll William Dodge in 1959 as a species of Parmelia. [2] Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Parmotrema in 1974. [3] The type collection was made in Cuanza Sul Province ( Angola), where it was found growing at an elevation of 1,000 m (3,300 ft); Dodge also noted the presence of the lichen in Cameroon and Uganda. Parmotrema amboimense has a pale olive- buff coloured thallus measuring up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter. [2]