Flora 62: 162 (1879)
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type:
Thallus: fruticose, caespitose, to 2.5 cm high, moderately to densely subdichotomously branched, with short, slender lateral branchlets. Branches stramineous, solid, main branches flattened, to 0.8 mm wide, with shortly linear pseudocyphellae, secondary branches terete. Soralia apical and lateral on main branches and apical on secondary branchlets, sometimes with spinules. Apothecia unknown (Swinscow & Krog 1988: 277).
Chemistry: Usnic acid, salazinic acid. Thallus K+ red, PD+ orange (Swinscow & Krog 1988: 277).
Ecology: On twigs in mangroves and low coastal hills, up to 400 m alt., rare in East Afriac (Swinscow & Krog 1988: 277).
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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