Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dirina paradoxa ssp. approximata (Fée) Tehler & Dirina herrei Zahlbr. fide Tehler et al. (2013); Type: Herre A.W.C.T. s.n. [W - lectotype selected by Tehler et al. (2013), B, BM, G, GBG, H, KASSEL, L, LD, M, NY, S-L6, UC, UPS - isolectotypes), material not seen by F. Bungartz (no specimens in COLO?); Tehler et al. (2013) also include the sorediate forms rarely found in Galapagos here.

Origin: Endemic

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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