Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 15:
Tasmanian Lichens
Identification, Distribution and Conservation Status
I. Parmeliaceae
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Identification, Distribution and Conservation Status
I. Parmeliaceae
OUT OF PRINT
This volume is the first in a series that collates the available floristic, distributional and ecological data on the Tasmanian lichen flora. It deals with the family Parmeliaceae, the most diverse family of Tasmanian lichens, which accounts for more than 15% of the total lichen flora and a very significant proportion of the macrolichens. It is proposed to deal with other families and genera as resources become available.
The work presented provides background information on the Parmeliaceae; an authoritative, strictly specimen-based census of the family in Tasmania; identification keys to genera and species; diagnostic descriptive notes on the recognition of each species, its habitat and chemical composition; summaries of global distribution; maps of the known Tasmanian distribution of each species; assigned or provisional conservation status categories; and a list of names of Parmeliaceae previously recorded but not currently accepted for Tasmania.
It is noteworthy that of the 148 taxa recorded here for Tasmania, 37 are new species or new records not included in the previous comprehensive treatment of the family presented in 1994 (Flora of Australia, Volume 55).
About this book
Book series: Flora of Australia Supplementary Series Number 15
Publishers: Australian Biological Resources Study/Tasmanian Herbarium
Year: 2002
Authors: G.Kantvilas, J.A.Elix, S.J.Jarman
ISBN-10: 0 642 56820 0
ISBN-13: 978 0 642 56820 5
Size: 229 × 158 mm (C5)
Number of pages: 508 pages, index, glossary
Binding: Softcover, section stitched
Illustrations: 143 black and white plates, 150 maps