Two new genera and twelve new species of Graphidaceae from Puerto Rico: A case for higher endemism of lichenized fungi in islands of the Caribbean?

Phytotaxa

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 186-203

  Mercado Díaz, Joel A ^a   Lücking, Robert ^b   Parnmen, Sittiporn ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Conservation

Indexed keywords

COLUMELLA; FISSURINA; FUNGI; GRAPHIDACEAE; HEXAPODA; OCELLULARIA;

EID: 84919676171     PISSN: 11793155     EISSN: 11793163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.14     Document Type: Article

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