Flavopunctelia soredica

Flavopunctelia soredica
In Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA
Apparently Secure
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Flavopunctelia
Species:
F. soredica
Binomial name
Flavopunctelia soredica
(Nyl.) Hale (1984)
Synonyms
  • Parmelia soredica Nyl. (1872)
  • Punctelia soredica (Nyl.) Krog (1982)

Flavopunctelia soredica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described as Parmelia soredica by Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1872. In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred it to the subgenus Flavopunctelia of her newly circumscribed genus Punctelia, created to contain Parmelia species with punctate (point-like) pseudocyphellae. Mason Hale raised this subgenus to generic status a couple of years later. The lichen is colloquially known as the powder-edged speckled greenshield. It is widely distributed, having been recorded from North America, South America, South Africa, India, Russia, China and Japan.

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe. "Flavopunctelia soredica". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Nylander, W. (1872). "Observata lichenologia in Pyranaeis orientalibus". Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie (in Latin). 6: 256–328.
  3. ↑ Krog, Hildur (1982). "Punctelia, a new lichen genus in the Parmeliaceae". Nordic Journal of Botany. 2 (3): 287–292. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1982.tb01191.x.
  4. ↑ Hale Jr, Mason E. (1983). "Flavopunctelia, a new genus in the Parmeliaceae (Ascomycotina)". Mycotaxon. 20 (2): 681–682.
  5. ↑ Brodo, Irwin M.; Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran; Sharnoff, Stephen (2001). Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. p. 319. ISBN 978-0300082494.
  6. ↑ Álvarez, Isela; Guzmán–Dávalos, Laura (2009). "Flavopunctelia y Punctelia (Ascomycetes liquenizados) de Nueva Galicia, México" [Flavopunctelia and Punctelia (lichenized Ascomycetes) from Nueva Galicia, Mexico]. Revista Mexicana de Micología (in Spanish). 29: 15–29.