Author:
Jørgensen Per M.,Schmitt Imke
Abstract
The type species of the lichen genus Variolaria is V. discoidea. The name is solely based on a Hoffmann (1784) illustration. To stabilize the nomenclature, we have designated a lectotype and an epitype from Germany, for which we generated molecular data. The species was formerly placed in the genus Pertusaria as P. albescens, and is presently correctly named Lepra albescens.
Publisher
W. Szafer Institute of Botany Polish Academy of Sciences
Subject
General Medicine,Plant Science
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