Bulbothrix thomasiana
| Bulbothrix thomasiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Bulbothrix |
| Species: | B. thomasiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Bulbothrix thomasiana Benatti & Marcelli (2011)
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Bulbothrix thomasiana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is a corticolous species that grows on tree trunks in the northern and central parts of South America. The lichen was formally described as a new species in 2011 by lichenologists Michel Benatti and Marcelo Marcelli. The specific epithet honours American lichenologist Thomas Hawkes Nash III.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Marcelli, M.P.; Canêz, L.S.; Benatti, M.N.; Spielmann, A.A.; Jungbluth, P.; Elix, J.A. (2011). "Taxonomical novelties in Parmeliaceae". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 106: 211–224.
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