Taxonavigation

Familia: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Lepraria
Species: Lepraria alpina

Name

Lepraria alpina (de Lesd.) Tretiach & Baruffo, 2007

Substrate and ecology: On granite and other acid rocks, overgrowing mosses and other lichens.

Basionym: Crocynia alpina de Lesd., 1914

References

• Tretiach & Baruffo, Nov. Hedwg. 83 (3-4): 390 (2007)
• Baruffo, L., Zedda, L., Elix, J.A. and Tretiach, M. (2006) A revision of the lichen genus Lepraria s. lat. in Italy. Nova Hedwigia 83(3-4): 387–430). (Illustration of Lepraria alpina: p. 391)
• Flakuks, A. and Kukwa, M. (2007) New species and records of Lepraria (Stereocaulaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from South America. The Lichenologist 39: 463–474.
• Flakus, A.; Elix, J.A.; Rodriguez, P. and Kukwa, M. (2011). New species and records of Lepraria ( Stereocaulaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from South America. The Lichenologist 43(1): 57–66. (doi:10.1017/S0024282910000502) (L. alpina new to Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela)
• Knudsen, K. and Elix, J.A. (2007) Lepraria (pp. 384-388) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages. (Description of L. alpina: pp. 386-387; distribution map for the Sonoran Desert Region: p. 386)
• McCune, B. and Rosentreter, R. (2007) Biotic Soil Crust Lichens of the Columbia Basin. Monographs in North American Lichenology 1: 1–105. (Illustration of L. alpina: p. 25)
• Lepraria alpina (de Lesd.) Tretiach & Baruffo var. alpina
• Index Fungorum
• LIAS
• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

Vernacular names