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Leproplaca chrysodeta (Vain. ex Räs.) J. Laundon

liquen punto del fuego, Firedot lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Teloschistaceae

Genus
Leproplaca

Species
chrysodeta

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Caloplaca chrysodeta (Vain. ex Räsänen) Dombr.; U. Søchting: No molecular data are available, but the morphology and secondary chemistry comform with C. chrysodeta, which is recorded as the only leprose Caloplaca from the Sonoran Desert.

Origin: Native

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

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"Galapagos Species Database, Leproplaca chrysodeta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18333. Accessed 19 June 2026.