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Karoo Lichens
Karoowia
Xanthoparmelia (commonly known as green rock shields or rock-shield lichens) is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. This genus of lichen is commonly found in the United States, South America, southern Africa, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
The name means 'golden yellow parmelia'. The photobiont (photosynthetic partner) is Trebouxia (a genus of green algae).
13 branches of this group, most-observed first
Xanthoparmelia xanthomelaena
speciesXanthoparmelia xanthomelaena
Xanthoparmelia adligans
speciesXanthoparmelia adligans
Xanthoparmelia arquata
speciesXanthoparmelia arquata
Xanthoparmelia diutina
speciesXanthoparmelia diutina
Xanthoparmelia insipida
speciesXanthoparmelia insipida
Xanthoparmelia ralla
speciesXanthoparmelia ralla
Xanthoparmelia saxeti
speciesXanthoparmelia saxeti
Xanthoparmelia scitula
speciesXanthoparmelia scitula
Xanthoparmelia spissa
speciesXanthoparmelia spissa
Xanthoparmelia supposita
speciesXanthoparmelia supposita
Xanthoparmelia brachinaensis
speciesXanthoparmelia brachinaensis
Xanthoparmelia perspersa
speciesXanthoparmelia perspersa
Xanthoparmelia subchalybaeizans
speciesXanthoparmelia subchalybaeizans
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Karoowia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 992272.