Hypotrachyna bogotensis

Hypotrachyna bogotensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Hypotrachyna
Species:
H. bogotensis
Binomial name
Hypotrachyna bogotensis
(Vain.) Hale (1975)

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

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  1. ^ 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.