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Ramalina subfarinacea

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Ramalina subfarinacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Ramalina
Species:
R. subfarinacea
Binomial name
Ramalina subfarinacea
(Nyl. ex Cromb.) Nyl. (1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ramalina scopulorum var. subfarinacea Nyl. ex Cromb. (1872)
  • Ramalina angustissima (Anzi) Vain. (1888)

Ramalina subfarinacea is a species of lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. It was first described by Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1872 as Ramalina scopulorum var. subfarinacea.[2] Nylander promoted it to species status in another publication that year.[3]

Ramalina subfarinacea is known to contain both stictic acid and usnic acid.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ramalina subfarinacea (Nyl. ex Cromb.) Nyl". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ Crombie, J.M. (1872). "Notes on the British Ramalinas in the herbarium of the British Museum". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 10: 70–75.
  3. ^ Nylander, W. (1872). "Observata lichenologia in Pyranaeis orientalibus". Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie (in Latin). 6: 258.
  4. ^ Saenz, M. T.; Garcia, M. D.; Rowe, J. G. (2006). "Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical studies of some lichens from south of Spain". Fitoterapia. 77 (3): 156–159. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2005.12.001.