A novel arctic-alpine lichen from Deosai National Park, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
In 2019, during May to September a unique lichen occurring on soil was collected from four different localities in Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Phylogenetic analysis of the nrDNA ITS and LSU regions revealed that it clustered within the genus Placidium. Further morpho-anatomical...
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ftbioone:10.1639/0007-2745-124.4.484 2023-07-30T04:01:34+02:00 A novel arctic-alpine lichen from Deosai National Park, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan Muhammad Usman Paul S. Dyer Abdul Nasir Khalid Muhammad Usman Paul S. Dyer Abdul Nasir Khalid world 2021-10-21 text/HTML https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-124.4.484 en eng The American Bryological and Lichenological Society doi:10.1639/0007-2745-124.4.484 All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-124.4.484 Clavascidium Text 2021 ftbioone https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-124.4.484 2023-07-09T10:59:41Z In 2019, during May to September a unique lichen occurring on soil was collected from four different localities in Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Phylogenetic analysis of the nrDNA ITS and LSU regions revealed that it clustered within the genus Placidium. Further morpho-anatomical and chemical analyses proved its novelty, and it is here described as a new species under the name P. deosaiense. The distinguishing characters of this novel taxon are brown to blackish 2–7 mm wide squamules, undulating in the center, epruinose at margins, epinecral layer up to 70 µm, cylindrical asci with ellipsoid to narrowly ellipsoid ascospores and clavate to bacilliform pycnidiospores. Text Arctic BioOne Online Journals Arctic The Bryologist 124 4 |
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In 2019, during May to September a unique lichen occurring on soil was collected from four different localities in Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Phylogenetic analysis of the nrDNA ITS and LSU regions revealed that it clustered within the genus Placidium. Further morpho-anatomical and chemical analyses proved its novelty, and it is here described as a new species under the name P. deosaiense. The distinguishing characters of this novel taxon are brown to blackish 2–7 mm wide squamules, undulating in the center, epruinose at margins, epinecral layer up to 70 µm, cylindrical asci with ellipsoid to narrowly ellipsoid ascospores and clavate to bacilliform pycnidiospores. |
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A novel arctic-alpine lichen from Deosai National Park, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan |
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A novel arctic-alpine lichen from Deosai National Park, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan |
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A novel arctic-alpine lichen from Deosai National Park, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan |
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A novel arctic-alpine lichen from Deosai National Park, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan |
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A novel arctic-alpine lichen from Deosai National Park, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan |
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novel arctic-alpine lichen from deosai national park, gilgit baltistan, pakistan |
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