Lethariella
| Lethariella | |
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| Lethariella canariensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Lethariella (Motyka) Krog (1976) |
| Type species | |
| Lethariella intricata (Moris) Krog (1976)
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Lethariella is a genus of fruticose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. The genus was originally proposed as a subgenus of Usnea by Polish lichenologist Józef Motyka in his 1936 monograph of that genus.[2] Norwegian botanist Hildur Krog elevated the taxon to generic status in 1976.[3]
Three species of Lethariella are used by ethnic peoples of Yunnan Province (China) as a component of purported health-promoting tea: Lethariella cashmeriana, L. sernanderi, and L. sinensis.[4]
Species[edit]
- Lethariella canariensis (Ach.) Krog (1976)
- Lethariella cashmeriana Krog (1976)
- Lethariella cladonioides (Nyl.) Krog (1976)
- Lethariella flexuosa (Nyl.) J.C.Wei (1982)
- Lethariella intricata (Moris) Krog (1976)
- Lethariella sernanderi (Motyka) Obermayer (1995)
- Lethariella sinensis J.C.Wei & Y.M.Jiang (1982)[5] – China
- Lethariella smithii (Du Rietz) Obermayer (1997)
- Lethariella togashii (Asahina) Krog (1976)
- Lethariella zahlbruckneri (Du Rietz) Krog (1976)
Lethariella mieheana Obermayer (1997) was later determined to be a synonym of Lethariella sinensis.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Synonymy: Lethariella (Motyka) Krog". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ^ Motyka, J. (1938). Lichenum generis Usnea studium monographicum, pars systematica. Annales – Universitates Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Polania : Sectio C (in Latin). Vol. 3. p. 39.
- ^ Krog, H. (1976). "Lethariella and Protousnea, two new lichen genera in the Parmeliaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 23: 83–106.
- ^ Wang, Li-song; Narui, Takao; Harada, Hiroshi; Culberson, Chicita F.; Culberson, William Louis (2001). "Ethnic uses of lichens in Yunnan, China". The Bryologist. 104 (3): 345–349. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0345:EUOLIY]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Wei, J.C.; Jiang, Y.M. (1982). "New materials for the lichen flora from Xizang". Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica. 20: 496–501.
- ^ Obermayer, Walter (2001). "On the identity of Lethariella sinensis Wei & Jiang, with new reports of Tibetan Lethariella species". In McCarthy, P.M.; Kantvilas, G.; Louwhoff, S.H.J.J. (eds.). Lichenological Contribution in Honour of Jack Elix. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 78. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Bornträger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 321–326.
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