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Zwackhia viridis

Herbarium specimen of Zwackhia viridis (P.J. de Lange CH3071, UNITEC 12163).<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 25/06/2020, 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>

Zwackhia viridis - hymenial tissue, staining red following treatment with iodine (samples from P.J. de Lange CH3071, UNITEC 12163).<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 25/06/2020, 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>

Zwackhia viridis - ascus (sample from P.J. de Lange CH3071, UNITEC 12163).<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 25/06/2020, 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>

Zwackhia viridis - ascospore (sample from P.J. de Lange CH3071, UNITEC 12163).<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 25/06/2020, 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>

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Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2021 | Data Deficient | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Crustose

Lichen substrate

Corticolous (bark, wood)

Substrate details

Corticolous (bark of phorophyte: nikau (Rhopalostylis sapida))

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Zwackhia

Family

Lecanographaceae

Authority

Zwackhia viridis (Ach.) Poetsch et Schied.

Synonyms

Graphis involuta, Graphis viridis, Opegrapha viridis

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

viridis: From the Latin viridis ‘green’

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Ertz D. 2008: Revision of the corticolous Opegrapha species from the Palaeotropics. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 102. 176 pp.

Marshall A.J.; de Lange P.J. 2020: First record of Zwackhia viridis (Lecanographaceae) from the Chatham Islands. Trilepidea 201: 6-8.

Marshall A.J., Blanchon D.J., Aptroot A., Lücking R., de Lange P.J. 2022: Five new additions to the lichenized mycobiota of the Aotearoa / New Zealand archipelago. Ukrainian Botanical Journal 79(3): 130-141.

NZPCN Fact Sheet citation

Please cite as: de Lange, P.J. (Year at time of access): Zwackhia viridis Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/zwackhia-viridis/ (Date website was queried)

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