Cliostomum namibicum

Cliostomum namibicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Cliostomum
Species:
C. namibicum
Binomial name
Cliostomum namibicum
V.Wirth & Kalb (2011)

Cliostomum namibicum is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae.[1] It is found in Namibia, where it grows on siliceous rock. It was described as a new species in 2011 by Volkmar Wirth and Klaus Kalb.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Cliostomum namibicum V. Wirth & Kalb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  2. ^ Wirth, V.; Kalb, K. (2011). "A new Cliostomum species from South-West Africa". In Bates, Scott T.; Bungartz, Frank; Lücking, Robert; Herrea-Campos, Maria A.; Zambrano, Angel (eds.). Biomonitoring, Ecology, and Systematics of Lichens. Festschrift Thomas H. Nash III. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 106. Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 387–390. ISBN 978-3-443-58085-8.