Hypotrachyna bogotensis
| Hypotrachyna bogotensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Hypotrachyna |
| Species: | H. bogotensis
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| Hypotrachyna bogotensis | |
Hypotrachyna bogotensis is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described scientifically by Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio. Mason Hale transferred it to the genus Hypotrachyna in 1975. It is a common species in the high mountains of the Central America and the northern Andes. It has also been recorded from southern Chile and from Gough Island.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Sipman, Harrie J.M.; Elix, John A.; Nash, Thomas H. (2009). Hypotrachyna (Parmeliaceae, Lichenized Fungi). Flora Neotropica. Vol. 104. New York: New York Botanical Garden Press. pp. 32–33.
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