Oropogon
Genus of lichen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oropogon is a genus of lichen-forming ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae.[2] It is a genus of roughly 40 currently accepted species.[3] It was previously included in the family Alectoriaceae, but this group has since been subsumed into the Parmeliaceae.
| Oropogon | |
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| herbarium specimen of Oropogon americanus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Oropogon Th.Fr. (1861) |
| Type species | |
| Oropogon loxensis (Fée) Zukal (1895) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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All members of the genus have a fruticose growth form. The most obvious synapomorphic character which separates Oropogon from the rest of the family is the large brown, muriform ascospores (i.e. with transverse and longitudinal walls) that occur singly in each ascus.[4]
Species
- Oropogon aliphaticus Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[5]
- Oropogon americanus Essl. (1989) – Ecuador[6]
- Oropogon asiaticus Asahina (1937) – Japan
- Oropogon atranorinus Essl. (1981) – Venezuela[7]
- Oropogon barbaticus Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[8]
- Oropogon bicolor Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[9]
- Oropogon bolivianus Essl. (1989) – Bolivia[10]
- Oropogon byssaceus Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[11]
- Oropogon caespitosus Essl. (1989)– Mexico[12]
- Oropogon cinereus Essl. (1989) – Peru[13]
- Oropogon colibor Essl. (1989) – Costa Rica[14]
- Oropogon diffractaicus Essl. (1989) – Dominican Republic[15]
- Oropogon evernicus Essl. & S.D.Leav. (2013)[16]
- Oropogon fissuratus Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[17]
- Oropogon formosanus Asahina (1952) – Taiwan
- Oropogon granulosus Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[18]
- Oropogon halei Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[19]
- Oropogon herzogii Essl. (1989) – Bolivia[20]
- Oropogon imperforatus Essl. (1989) – Guatemala[21]
- Oropogon lateralis Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[22]
- Oropogon lopezii Essl. (1981) – Venezuela[7]
- Oropogon lorobic Essl. (1989) – Panama[23]
- Oropogon loxensis (Fée) Zukal (1895)
- Oropogon macilentus Essl. (1989) – Ecuador[24]
- Oropogon maurus Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[25]
- Oropogon mexicanus Essl. (1989) – Mexico[26]
- Oropogon orientalis (Gyeln.) Essl. (1989)
- Oropogon parietinus Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[27]
- Oropogon pendulus Essl. (1989) – Mexico[28]
- Oropogon protocetraricus S.D.Leav. & Essl. (2013)[16]
- Oropogon pseudoloxensis Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[29]
- Oropogon salazinicus Essl. (1989) – Taiwan[30]
- Oropogon satoanus Essl. (1989) – Taiwan[30]
- Oropogon secalonicus Essl. (1989) – Yunnan[30]
- Oropogon sperlingii Essl. (1989) – Panama[29]
- Oropogon striatulus Essl. (1989) – Costa Rica[31]
- Oropogon tanakae Asahina (1952) – Japan
- Oropogon venezuelensis Essl. (1989) – Venezuela[32]
- Oropogon yunnanensis Essl. (1989) – Yunnan[30]
References
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