Xanthoparmelia loxodes

Xanthoparmelia loxodes
Growing on siliceous rock, Serra de São Mamede, Portugal
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Xanthoparmelia
Species:	X. loxodes
Binomial name
Xanthoparmelia loxodes (Nyl.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Elix, D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch (2004)
Synonyms [2]
Parmelia loxodesNyl. (1872) Neofuscelia loxodes(Nyl.) Essl. (1978)

Xanthoparmelia loxodes is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described by Finnish botanist William Nylander in 1872, as Parmelia loxodes. ^[3] In 1978, ^[4] Ted Esslinger created the genus Neofuscelia, which contained species previously classified in Parmelia subgenus Neofusca; Neofuscelia loxodes was one of many species transferred here. In a molecular phylogenetic study published by Oscar Blanco in 2004, Ana Crespo, John A. Elix, David L. Hawksworth and H. Thorsten Lumbsch, they showed that Neofuscelia did not form a clade distinct from Xanthoparmelia , and they reduced it to synonymy under Xanthoparmelia. ^[5]

Xanthoparmelia loxodes is widely distributed in Europe, ^[6] where it grows on siliceous rocks.

See also

• List of Xanthoparmelia species

References

1. NatureServe. "Xanthoparmelia loxodes". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
2. "Synonymy: Xanthoparmelia loxodes (Nyl.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Elix, D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch, Taxon 53(4): 968 (2004)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 12 June 2021.
3. Nylander, W. (1872). "Observata lichenologica in Pyrenaeis orientalibus". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 55: 426.
4. Esslinger, Theodore L. (1978). "a new status for the brown Parmeliae". Mycotaxon. 7: 51.
5. Blanco, Oscar; Crespo, Ana; Elix, John A.; Hawksworth, David L.; Thorsten Lumbsch, H. (2004). "A molecular phylogeny and a new classification of parmelioid lichens containing Xanthoparmelia-type lichenan (Ascomycota: Lecanorales)". Taxon. 53 (4): 959–975. doi:10.2307/4135563. JSTOR   4135563.
6. "Parmelia loxodes Nyl". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 June 2021.