Thirteen new species of Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) from Sri Lanka

Phytotaxa

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 331-347

  Weerakoon, Gothamie ^a   Lücking, Robert ^a   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Lichens; New species; Tropical diversity; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; COLUMELLA; GRAPHIDACEAE; OCELLULARIA; OSTROPALES;

EID: 84919625565     PISSN: 11793155     EISSN: 11793163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.24     Document Type: Article

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