Oropogon salazinicus
| Oropogon salazinicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Oropogon |
| Species: | O. salazinicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oropogon salazinicus Essl. (1989)
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Oropogon salazinicus is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in East Asia, it was described as a new species by lichenologist Ted Esslinger in 1989. The type specimen was collected on Mount Nan-Fu-Ta-San, Taiwan, at an elevation greater than 1,500 m (4,900 ft). The lichen has also been recorded from Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. The specific epithet refers to the presence of salazinic acid, a major secondary compound in the lichen. Norstictic acid also occurs as a minor component.[1] Molecular phylogenetic analysis shows that Oropogon salazinicus is in a clade that has a sister taxon relationship with a clade containing the species O. secalonicus, O. orientalis, and O. yunnanensis.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Esslinger, T. L. (1989). "Systematics of Oropogon (Alectoriaceae) in the New World". Systematic Botany Monographs. 28: 109. doi:10.2307/25027728. JSTOR 25027728. S2CID 85212828.
- ^ Wei, Xin-Li; Leavitt, Steven D.; Huang, Jen-Pan; Esslinger, Theodore L.; Wang, Li-Song; Moncada, Bibiana; Lücking, Robert; Divakar, Pradeep K.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2017). "Parallel Miocene‐dominated diversification of the lichen‐forming fungal genus Oropogon (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae) in different continents". Taxon. 66 (6): 1269–1281. doi:10.12705/666.1. S2CID 90469076.
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