Parmotrema lichexanthonicum
| Parmotrema lichexanthonicum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Parmotrema |
| Species: | P. lichexanthonicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Parmotrema lichexanthonicum Eliasaro & Adler (1997)
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Parmotrema lichexanthonicum is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in Brazil, it was formally described as a new species in 1997 by Sionara Eliasaro and Mónica Adler. The type specimen was collected by the first author from the Serra do Cipó (Santana do Riacho, Minas Gerais); here the lichen was found growing on a rock. The specific epithet lichexanthonicum refers to the presence of the secondary compound lichexanthone in the medulla of the lichen.[1] Other compounds in the lichen are the depsidone salazinic acid (found in the medulla), and the depside atranorin (found in the cortex).[2] A close relative to this species is Parmotrema ultralucens, which contains the same cortical and medullary metabolites.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Eliasaro, Sionara; Adler, Monica T. (1997). "Two new species and new reports in the Parmeliaceae sensu stricto (lichenized Ascomycotina) from Brazil". Mycotaxon. 63: 49–56.
- ^ Micheletti, Ana C.; Beatriz, Adilson; Lima, Dênis Pires de; Honda, Neli K.; Pessoa, Cláudia do Ó; Moraes, Manoel Odorico de; Lotufo, Letícia Veras; Magalhães, Hemerson Iury Ferreira; Carvalho, Nádia C.P. (2009). "Constituintes químicos de Parmotrema lichexanthonicum Eliasaro & Adler: isolamento, modificações estruturais e avaliação das atividades antibiótica e citotóxica". Química Nova. 32 (1): 12–20. doi:10.1590/s0100-40422009000100003.
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