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Stereocaulon colensoi

Mt Ruapehu.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 15/08/2021, 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>

Mt Ruapehu.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 07/10/2022, 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>

Mt Ruapehu.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 09/10/2022, 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>

Port Hills, Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 21/08/2016, 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>

North Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 13/11/2015, 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>

Glenrae River, Hurunui.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 14/01/2015, 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 – Endemic taxon

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Stereocaulon

Family

Stereocaulaceae

Authority

Stereocaulon colensoi C.Bab.

Synonyms

Corynophoron colensoi, Pilophoron colensoi, Stereocaulon colensoi var. caliginosum

Endemic taxon

Yes

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

colensoi: Named after William Colenso (7 November 1811 - 10 February 1899) who was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician.

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

STECOL

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Galloway DJ. 1985. Flora of New Zealand Lichens. Government Printer, Wellington, NZ. 662 p.

Galloway DJ. 2007. Flora of New Zealand Lichens. Revised 2nd edition including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, NZ. Two volumes: vol. 1 pp 1–1006; vol. 2 pp 1007–2261.

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