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Pseudephebe minuscula

Local on subalpine flat scree fields in alpine, Mavora Southland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 16/03/2023, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Photographer: Allison Knight, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Coarse rockwool

Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: SO, Sp

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Pseudephebe

Family

Parmeliaceae

Authority

Pseudephebe minuscula (Nyl. ex Arnold) Brodo & D.Hawksw.

Synonyms

Imbricaria lanata var. minuscula Nyl. ex Arnold

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Larger forms were previously referred to as Pseudephebe pubescens (L.) M.Choisy in New Zealand, but recent molecular study has shown P. pubescens is not present in New Zealand (Garrido-Benavent 2021).

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.

Garrido-Benavent, I., Pérez-Ortega, S., de Los Ríos, A., Mayrhofer, H., & Fernández-Mendoza, F. 2021: Neogene speciation and Pleistocene expansion of the genus Pseudephebe (Parmeliaceae, lichenized fungi) involving multiple colonizations of Antarctica. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: 107020.

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