RT Journal Article
T1 Canoparmelia texana (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) consists of two independent lineages
A1 Kirika, Paul M.
A1 Thorsten Lumbsch, H.
A1 Garrido Huéscar, Elisa
A1 Quedensley, Taylor S.
A1 Dulare Devi, Pradeep Divakar
AB Recent studies have demonstrated that species boundaries among the lichen-forming fungi are in need of revision with the discovery of cryptic species in numerous clades, especially in parmelioid lichens. Here we focus on addressing the species boundaries in Canoparmelia texana, a sorediate species with a pantropical distribution that extends into temperate regions. We extracted DNA sequences of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), large subunit (nuLSU) and mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU) from samples mostly collected in Kenya, and analyzed them in a phylogenetic framework. We illustrate that our samples of the species as currently circumscribed do not form a monophyletic group but fall into two distinct clades, with the apotheciate C. nairobiensis nested within. Both of the discovered lineages have a wide distributional range and are common in Kenya, and Parmelia albaniensis C. W. Dodge is resurrected to accommodate one of the clades; consequently a new combination, Canoparmelia albaniensis (C. W. Dodge) Divakar & Kirika comb. nov., is proposed.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0024-2829
YR 2022
FD 2022-11-29
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108649
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108649
LA eng
NO Kirika PM, Lumbsch HT, Huéscar EG, Quedensley TS and Divakar PK (2022) Canoparmelia texana (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) consists of two independent lineages. Lichenologist 54, 245–251. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282922000135
NO Acuerdos transformativos 2024
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO Santander-Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2026