New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Two species of Pannariaceae (lichenised ascomycetes) from New Zealand with a wider Southern Hemisphere distribution

P. M. Jørgensen

Department of Botany
University of Bergen
Allégt. 41
N-5007 Bergen, Norway
Email: Per.Jorgensen@bot.uib.no

Abstract   Degelia crustacea and Fuscopannaria subimmixta are reported as new to South America, the latter also extending to South Africa, an unusual distribution pattern. It also differs in being a species of soils and rocks; the two belong in quite different ecogeographical elements.

Keywords   Degelia crustacea; Fuscopannaria subimmixta; lichens; long-distance dispersal; phytogeography; South Africa; South America

B01052 Received 11 October 2001; accepted 22 March 2002
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2002, Vol. 40: 327–329
0028–825X/02/4002–0327 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2002

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