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Ramalina ovalis

On birch, Christchurch Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 26/04/2019, 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>

Locally abundant corticolous lichen on scrubby forest edge, Waimahaka Southland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 30/05/2022, 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>

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Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrate

Corticolous (bark, wood)

Substrate details

Corticolous.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Ramalina

Family

Ramalinaceae

Authority

Ramalina ovalis Hook.f. & Taylor

Synonyms

Ramalina celastri subsp. ovalis

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

ramalina: Meaning small branches, twiggy.

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Hayward, G. C., Blanchon, D. J., & Lumbsch, H. T. 2014: Molecular data support Ramalina ovalis as a distinct lineage (Ramalinaceae, Ascomycota). The Lichenologist, 46(4), 553-561.

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