Notes on sorediate Parmelia species in North America with the first records of P. asiatica and P. barrenoae Author Ossowska, Emilia Anna 0000-0002-1357-6071 Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, PL- 80 - 308 Gdańsk, Poland emilia.ossowska@ug.edu.pl text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-10-06 619 2 152 160 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.619.2.3 journal article 272040 10.11646/phytotaxa.619.2.3 052cfd69-51d8-4468-a865-db8f8df769b4 1179-3163 8425888
TABLE 1. Morphological, chemical and geographical differences between P. asiatica and other sorediate Parmelia and Notoparmelia species.
LobesVegetative propagulesRhizinesChemistryDistribution
Parmelia barrenoaeshort and broad, 2–7 mm widesoredia marginal and laminalEurope, Asia, North America
Parmelia hygrophilasublinear, 1–5 mm widesimple to branchedNorth America
soredia like isidia
Parmelia submontanaelongated, 2–3 mm wideEurope, Africa, Asia
atranorin, salazinic and consalazinic acids
Parmelia asiaticasublinear, narrow, 0.5–3 mm widesoralia terminal, soredia circular or semicircularAsia, North America
Parmelia encryptataEurope
sublinear, 1–4 mm widesoralia marginal and laminalsimple to squarrose
Parmelia sulcataCosmopolitan
Notoparmelia protosulcatasublinear, 2–3 mm widesoralia marginalatranorin, protocetraric and lobaric acidSouth America, Australia, New Zealand
Parmelia sulymaesublinear, 1–2 mm widesorsidiasimple to bifurcateatranorin, salazinic and consalazinic acidsNorth America