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Pyxine petricola Nyl.

liquen del rosetón abrochado, Buttoned rosette lichen

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Fungi

Phylum
Ascomycota

Class
Lecanoromycetes

Order
Teloschistales

Family
Physciaceae (= Caliciaceae)

Genus
Pyxine

Species
petricola

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pyxine pringlei, fide A. Aptroot (pers. comm.)

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pyxine petricola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3296. Accessed 5 November 2026.