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Peltula bolanderi

(Bolander's Peltula Lichen)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Bolander's Peltula Lichen

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Lichenous

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,988 meters (0 to 6,522 feet).Mean = 555.390 meters (1,822.146 feet), Standard Deviation = 860.050 based on 41 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Heppia bolanderi (Tuck.) Vain. 1890
  2. Pannaria bolanderi Tuck. 1872
  3. Pannariella bolanderi (Tuck.) Gyeln. 1935
  4. Peltula bolanderi (Tuck.) Wetmore 1971

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Peltula

There are approximately 41 species in this genus:

P. africana · P. auriculata · P. bolanderi (Bolander's Peltula Lichen) · P. boletiformis · P. clavata (Peltula Lichen) · P. congregata · P. coriacea · P. crispatula · P. cylindrica (Peltula Lichen) · P. cylindrica wetmore · P. euploca · P. farinosa · P. imbricata · P. impressa · P. impressula · P. langei · P. lingulata · P. marginata · P. michoacanensis (Peltula Lichen) · P. obscurans (Peltula Lichen) · P. obscurans var. deserticola (Peltula Lichen) · P. obscurans var. hassei (Hasse's Peltula Lichen) · P. obscurans var. obscurans (Peltula Lichen) · P. obscuratula · P. omphaliza (Peltula Lichen) · P. pacodizans · P. patellata (Felt Lichen) · P. patellulata · P. placodizans (Peltula Lichen) · P. polyspora · P. psammophila · P. radicata (Peltula Lichen) · P. richardsii (Richards' Peltula Lichen) · P. rodriguesii · P. sonorensis (Felt Lichen) · P. sorensis · P. terrena · P. tortuosa (Peltula Lichen) · P. umbilicata · P. zahlbruckneri (Zahlbruckner's Peltula Lichen) · P. zahlbrucknerii

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-08-21