Protousnea

Protousnea is a genus of lichenised ascomycetes in the large family Parmeliaceae. It is a genus of eight currently accepted species.[1] Protousnea species have a fruticose growth form. The genus is endemic to southern South America.[2]

Protousnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Lecanorales
Family:
Parmeliaceae
Genus:
Protousnea

(Motyka) Krog

References
  1. Crespo, A.; Lumbsch, H. T.; Mattsson, J. E.; Blanco, O.; Divakar, P. K.; Articus, K.; Wiklund, E.; Bawingan, P. A.; Wedin, M. (August 2007). "Testing morphology-based hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships in Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) using three ribosomal markers and the nuclear RPB1 gene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44 (2): 812–824. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.11.029. PMID 17276700.
  2. Calvelo, S., Stocker-Worgotter, E., Libertore, S., Elix, J.A. (2005). Protousnea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota), a genus endemic to southern South America. The Bryologist 108: 1-15. http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16573939
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