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Phylogeny and taxonomy of Staurothele (Verrucariaceae, lichenized ascomycetes) from the karst of northern Vietnam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2014

Cécile GUEIDAN ,
Truong VAN DO  and
Ngan Thi LU
Cécile GUEIDAN
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK. Email: c.gueidan@nhm.ac.uk
Truong VAN DO
Affiliation:
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam Institute of Botany, Technical University of Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20b, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Ngan Thi LU
Affiliation:
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Abstract

The crustose genus Staurothele (Verrucariaceae, Ascomycota) is a common component of the lichen flora from subneutral to alkaline silicate rocks in temperate to cold-temperate climates. Our field study in the karst system of northern Vietnam showed that it is also common on dry to humid limestone in the wet tropics. Molecular data revealed that species of Staurothele from Vietnam belong to an unnamed clade sister to the genus Endocarpon, together with the tropical Australian species Staurothele pallidopora and Staurothele diffractella, a North American species recently transferred to Endocarpon based on molecular data. The genus Willeya is here resurrected for this clade of crustose epilithic Staurothele with pale ascospores. Eight new combinations are proposed and three new species of Willeya are described from Vietnam. Sampling tropical members of a lichen family previously mostly known from temperate areas contributed significantly to improving its generic classification.

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classificationEndocarpongeneric delimitationlichensVerrucarialesWilleya
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The Lichenologist , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , July 2014 , pp. 515 - 533
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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2014 

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