Caloplaca allanii
Common names
Waitakere firedot lichen
Biostatus
Native – Endemic taxon
Current conservation status
2018 | Threatened – Nationally Critical | Qualifiers: DP, RR, Sp
Category
Lichen
Structural class
Lichens - Crustose
Lichen substrate
Saxicolous (rock)
Substrate details
Saxicolous (basalt)
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Other information
Etymology
allanii: After Dr Harry Howard Barton Allan C.B.E. (1882–1957) one time school teacher, then first director of DSIR Botany Division, and ‘sole’ author of Flora I, the first in the former DSIR Botany Division flora series.
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Galloway D.J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer. 662 pp.
Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.
Radio New Zealand 2021: Critter of the Week - Waitakere Firedot Lichen. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018794589/critter-of-the-week-waitakere-firedot-lichen
Sparkes J.H., de Lange, P. J., and Blanchon D. J. 2014: Notes on Caloplaca allanii Zahlbr. (Teloschistaceae), a poorly known West Auckland, North Island, New Zealand endemic. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(3): 304-309.
Zahlbruckner A. and Redinger K. 1934: Lichenes Rariores Exsiccati. No.s 312–338. Wien.