A refined species concept in the tropical lichen genus Polymeridium (Trypetheliaceae) doubles the number of known species, with a worldwide key to the species

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-29

  Aptroot, André ^a   Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia da Silva ^b  

^a ABL HERBARIUM   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Australia; Brazil; Corticolous lichens; Costa Rica; Guyana; Indonesia; New species; Philippines; Trypetheliales; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893015986     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0143     Document Type: Article

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