Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Arthonia cinnabarina
liquen de comas rojas, Red comma lichen
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Arthoniomycetes
Order
Arthoniales
Family
Arthoniaceae
Genus
Arthonia
Species
cinnabarina
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Arthonia tumidula, fide Elix & McCarthy (1998), Arthonia gregaria, fide Weber (1986): 488
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Elix, J.A. McCarthy, P.M. (1998) Catalogue of the Lichens of the Smaller Pacific Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70, J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart, 361pp.
- Weber, W.A. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.
- Weber, W.A. (1986) The Lichen Flora of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Mycotaxon 27: 451-497.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Arthonia cinnabarina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2202. Accessed 4 November 2026.