Lethariella canariensis

Lethariella canariensis is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.[2] It was first formally described as a new species in 1810 by Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius, as Alectoria canariensis.[3] After having been transferred to several genera in its taxonomic history,[1] it was placed in the genus Lethariella by Hildur Krog in 1976.[4] It occurs on the Canary Islands.[5]

Lethariella canariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Lethariella
Species:
L. canariensis
Binomial name
Lethariella canariensis
(Ach.) Krog (1976)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Alectoria canariensis Ach. 1810)
  • Parmelia canariensis (Ach.) Spreng. (1827)
  • Evernia canariensis (Ach.) Mont. (1840)
  • Chlorea canariensis (Ach.) Nyl. (1857)
  • Nylanderaria canariensis (Ach.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Letharia canariensis (Ach.) Hue (1899)
  • Rhytidocaulon canariense (Ach.) Elenkin (1916)
  • Usnea canariensis (Ach.) Du Rietz (1926)

Several allelochemicals have been isolated and identified from Lethariella canariensis, including atranol, chloroatranol, hematommic acid, chlorohematommic aci, methyl hematommate, methyl chlorohematommate, ethyl hematommate, ethyl chlorohematommate, methyl β-orsellinate, atranorin, chloroatranorin, and usnic acid.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Synonymy. Current Name: Lethariella canariensis (Ach.) Krog, Norw. Jl Bot. 23(2): 91 (1976)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Lethariella canariensis (Ach.) Krog". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. ^ Acharius, E. (1810). Lichenographia Universalis (in Latin). p. 597.
  4. ^ Krog, H. (1976). "Lethariella and Protousnea, two new lichen genera in the Parmeliaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 23: 83–106.
  5. ^ van den Boom, Pieter; Ertz, Damien (2012). "Lichens and lichenicolous fungi from El Hierro (Canary Islands), a survey, including five new species" (PDF). Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 33 (1): 59–97. doi:10.7872/crym.v33.iss1.2012.059. S2CID 84210950.
  6. ^ Toledo Marante, F.J.; García Castellano, A.; Estévez Rosas, F.; Quintana Aguiar, J.; Bermejo Barrera, J. (2003). "Identification and quantitation of allelochemicals from the lichen Lethariella canariensis: phytotoxicity and antioxidative activity". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 29 (9): 2049–2071. doi:10.1023/A:1025682318001. PMID 14584675. S2CID 22402184.