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Lethariella

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Lethariella
Lethariella canariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Lethariella
(Motyka) Krog (1976)
Type species
Lethariella intricata
(Moris) Krog (1976)
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Usnea subgen. Lethariella Motyka (1936)

Lethariella is a genus of fruticose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. The genus was originally proposed as a subgenus of Usnea by Polish lichenologist Józef Motyka in his 1936 monograph of that genus.[2] Norwegian botanist Hildur Krog elevated the taxon to generic status in 1976.[3]

Three species of Lethariella are used by ethnic peoples of Yunnan Province (China) as a component of purported health-promoting tea: Lethariella cashmeriana, L. sernanderi, and L. sinensis.[4]

Species

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Lethariella mieheana Obermayer (1997) was later determined to be a synonym of Lethariella sinensis.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Lethariella (Motyka) Krog". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  2. ^ Motyka, J. (1938). Lichenum generis Usnea studium monographicum, pars systematica. Annales – Universitates Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Polania : Sectio C (in Latin). Vol. 3. p. 39.
  3. ^ Krog, H. (1976). "Lethariella and Protousnea, two new lichen genera in the Parmeliaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 23: 83–106.
  4. ^ Wang, Li-song; Narui, Takao; Harada, Hiroshi; Culberson, Chicita F.; Culberson, William Louis (2001). "Ethnic uses of lichens in Yunnan, China". The Bryologist. 104 (3): 345–349. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0345:EUOLIY]2.0.CO;2.
  5. ^ Wei, J.C.; Jiang, Y.M. (1982). "New materials for the lichen flora from Xizang". Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica. 20: 496–501.
  6. ^ Obermayer, Walter (2001). "On the identity of Lethariella sinensis Wei & Jiang, with new reports of Tibetan Lethariella species". In McCarthy, P.M.; Kantvilas, G.; Louwhoff, S.H.J.J. (eds.). Lichenological Contribution in Honour of Jack Elix. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 78. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Bornträger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 321–326.