Haloplaca suaedae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: | Haloplaca |
Species: | H. suaedae
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Binomial name | |
Haloplaca suaedae (
O.L.Gilbert &
Coppins) Arup, Frödén & Søchting (2013)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Haloplaca suaedae is a species of epiphytic (plant-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. [2] It was formally described as a new species in 2001 by the lichenologists Oliver L. Gilbert and Brian John Coppins, who initially classified it in the genus Caloplaca. [3] Ulf Arup and colleagues transferred it to the newly created genus Haloplaca in 2013, as part of a larger molecular phylogenetics-informed restructuring of the Teloschistaceae. [4] The type specimen was collected in Dorset ( South West England), at The Fleet along Chesil Beach (grid reference 30/668756) at sea level. It was found growing epiphytically on Suaeda vera beside a saline lagoon on 19 September 2000. The species name suaedae refers to its only known host. [3] In addition to England, it also occurs in Greece, Morocco, and Turkey. [4]