to LIAS


Botanische Staatssammlung München © 1995–2008
Data remain intellectual property of the data set authors.



Xanthoparmelia streimannii (Elix & P. M. Armstr.) Elix & J. Johnst.

Data Set Maintenance: Data set compiled (Flora of Australia Vol. 55 Lichens-Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae). Data set author(s): Nöske, N. M. @EXCL@ Bungartz F. (06-06-01). Data set not revised; to be published after submission.

Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted. Taxonomic rank: species. Currently accepted name Xanthoparmelia streimannii (Elix & P. M. Armstr.) Elix & J. Johnst. Xanthoparmelia. Synonyms: Parmelia streimannii Elix & P. M. Armstr.; Parmeliaceae Zenker (1827); Lecanorineae; Lecanorales.

Type Information: Basionym: Parmelia streimannii Elix & P. M. Armstr. Type: Parmelia streimannii Elix & P. M. Armstr.; type specimen label data: J. A. Elix 8977 & H. Streimann; holo: MEL.

Taxonomic Literature: Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 15: 324 (1986).

Biogeography: Southern hemispheric; coastal. Continent: Australasia. Checklist records: Australia (scattered in costal areas and adjacent ranges in southern and eastern Australia (W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. and Tas.); also on Three Kings Is. in far northern New Zealand) and New Zealand.

Ecology: Lichenized; saxicolous.

Thallus: Foliose, irregular, lobed; lobes elongate or linear (sublinear), imbricate (or not; radiating); plane; separate thallus parts.5-1.5-(2) mm wide. Thallus Size and Differentiation: 4-7 cm in diameter. Upper Surface: Lime green (darkening with age), matt; fissurate; immaculate; isidiate; isidia cylindrical, ramified (becoming extensively branched), coralloid; not sorediate. Lower Surface: Present, pale brown (becoming darker near lobe apices); attached by holdfasts; rhizinate; rhizines moderately abundant, brown, not branched.

Medulla: White.

Reproduction Strategy: With sexual (and possible asexual) stages. Ascocarps: Apothecioid, soon sessile, up to 5 mm in diam.. Margin: Isidiate. Disk: Excavate to plane (becoming +/- flat), dark brown.

Ascospores: 7-9 µm long, 5-6 µm wide.

Conidiomata: Present (but rare).

Conidia: Bifusiform; 5-7 µm long; .5 µm wide.

Secondary Metabolites: Present; norstictic acid, salazinic acid (and connorstictic acid), and usnic acid.

Spot Tests: Cortex: KC – medulla: K + yellow changing to red, C –, KC –, PD + deep yellow.

UV-Fluorescence: Upper thallus surface – (negative).

(report generated 04.Okt.2007)


In case that additional characters and states are required to be included in this data set, consult the LIAS Instructions to Participants and follow the procedures described there.

LIAS Home