Xanthoparmelia esterhuyseniae
| Xanthoparmelia esterhuyseniae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoparmelia |
| Species: | X. esterhuyseniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoparmelia esterhuyseniae Hale (1986)
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Xanthoparmelia esterhuyseniae is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] Found in Southern Africa, it was formally described as a new species in 1986 by the American lichenologist Mason Hale. The type specimen was collected from the Hex River Mountains at an elevation of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), where it was found growing on a sandy rock surface on a plateau. The species epithet honors Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen, "who has hiked to the tops of so many difficult high peaks in southwestern Cape Province and discovered a number of new species in the Parmeliaceae".[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Xanthoparmelia esterhuyseniae Hale". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
- ^ Hale, M.E. (1986). "New species of the lichen genus Xanthoparmelia from Southern Africa (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae)". Mycotaxon. 27: 563–610 [577].