The lichen genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae) in the tropical Andes and the Galapagos: Species with a red-orange cortical or subcortical pigmentation

Bryologist

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-503

  Truong, Camille ^a,c   Bungartz, Frank ^b   Clerc, Philippe ^a,c  

^a Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chemistry; endemism; South America; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

PARMELIACEAE; USNEA; USNEA MICHAUXII;

EID: 80054945517     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-114.3.477     Document Type: Article

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