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Ramalina australiensis

Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 02/10/2020, 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>

Common on pohutukawa along beach, Hihi Far North.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 19/01/2020, 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>

On mangroves, Mangawhai Northland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 02/02/2020, 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>

Saxicolous on coastal rock, Port Charles Coromandel.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 02/10/2020, 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>

On ultramafic cliffs, Piha Auckland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 23/10/2019, 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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Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrates

Corticolous (bark, wood), Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Corticolous, occasionally saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Ramalina

Family

Ramalinaceae

Authority

Ramalina australiensis Nyl.

Synonyms

Ramalina myrioclada, Ramalina allanii

Endemic taxon

Indeterminate

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

ramalina: Meaning small branches, twiggy.

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.

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