Graphis palmicola
| Graphis palmicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Graphis |
| Species: | G. palmicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Graphis palmicola Makhija & Adaw. (2005)
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Graphis palmicola is a species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae.[1] Found on the Nicobar Islands, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by Urmila Makhija and Bharati Adawadkar. The type specimen was collected from a beach forest in Katchal Island, where it was found growing on a coconut tree. The species epithet, which combines the Latin Palma ("palm tree") and cola ("exists"), refers to its host.[2] The ascomata (fruiting bodies) of the lichen are in the form of lirellae, which are elongated and irregularly branched; this particular branching pattern is known as the handelii-morph.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Graphis palmicola Makhija & Adaw". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Makhija, Urmila; Adawadkar, Bharati (2005). "Some new species of Graphis (lichenised Ascomycota) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India". Mycotaxon. 91: 369–379.
- ^ Lücking, Robert; Archer, Alan W.; Aptroot, André (2009). "A world-wide key to the genus Graphis (Ostropales: Graphidaceae)". The Lichenologist. 41 (4): 363–452. doi:10.1017/s0024282909008305.
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