Three new crustose lichen species from Sri Lanka

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 367-372

  Chandrani Wijeyaratne, S ^a   Lücking, Robert ^b   Thorsten Lumbsch, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Graphidaceae; Indian subcontinent; Pyrenulaceae; Thelotremataceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874454249     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2012/0008     Document Type: Article

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