Japewiella gen. nov., a new lichen genus and a new species from Mexico

Authors
Citation
C. Printzen, Japewiella gen. nov., a new lichen genus and a new species from Mexico, BRYOLOGIST, 102(4), 1999, pp. 714-719
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
BRYOLOGIST
ISSN journal
00072745 → ACNP
Volume
102
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
714 - 719
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-2745(199924)102:4<714:JGNANL>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The genus Japewiella Printzen, gen. nov. is separated from Japewia T phi ns berg and placed in the family Lecanoraceae. Japewiella pacifica Printzen, s p, nov. is described as new. The species is closely related to the southwes tem European J. carrollii (Coppins & P. James) Printzen, comb. nov. and the East Asian J. djagensis (Zahlbr.) Printzen, comb, nov. Differences between Japewia and Japewiella are discussed. Like the closely related Megalaria H afellner and Tasmidella Kantvilas, Hafellern, & Elix, Japewiella seems to b e a genus of humid temperate and subtropical regions, whereas the two known species of Japewia show a boreal-(sub)arctic-alpine distribution.