Melanohalea ushuaiensis

Melanohalea ushuaiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Melanohalea
Species:	M. ushuaiensis
Binomial name
	Melanohalea ushuaiensis; (Zahlbr.) O.Blanco, A.Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D.Hawksw. & Lumbsch (2004)
Synonyms
	Parmelia ushuaiensis Zahlbr. (1917); Melanelia ushuaiensis (Zahlbr.) Essl. (1978);

Melanohalea ushuaiensis is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described in 1917 by Alexander Zahlbruckner as Parmelia ushuaiensis.^[2] Ted Esslinger transferred to the new genus Melanelia in 1978, which he circumscribed to contain the brown parmeliae species.^[3] In 2004, it was moved to the newly created genus Melanohalea.^[4] It is endemic to South America.^[5]

References

^ "Synonymy: Melanohalea ushuaiensis (Zahlbr.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ Zahlbruckner, A. (1917). "Botanische Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Expedition nach Patagonien und dem Fauerlands 1907-1909. VI. Die Flechten". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlinger (in German). 57 (6): 42.
^ Esslinger, Theodore L. (1978). "A new status for the brown Parmeliae". Mycotaxon. 7 (1): 45–54.
^ Blanco, Oscar; Crespo, Ana; Divakar, Pradeep K.; Esslinger, Theodore L.; Hawksworth, David L.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2004). "Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data". Mycological Research. 108 (8): 873–884. doi:10.1017/S0953756204000723. PMID 15449592.
^ Elvebakk, Arve; Bjerke, J. W.; Støvern, L. E. (2014). "Parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae) in southernmost South America". Phytotaxa. 173 (1): 1–30. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.173.1.1.