Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ramalina puiggarii
ramalina, Ramalina
The species can very easily be recognized by its strongly canaliculate upright lobes that are rolled up and thus appear terete. They are sparsely branched and grow from a common holdfast like a ‘‘bouquet of flowers’’.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Ramalinaceae
Genus
Ramalina
Species
puiggarii
Taxon category: Accepted
In Weber (1986) as Ramalina linearis, fide Aptroot & Bungartz (2007)
Origin: Native
Distribution: A pan-American species previously reported from the Galapagos by Dodge (1935, 1936). This report was refuted by Weber (1986) who instead used the name R. linearis (Sw.) Ach., based on a New Zealand type, for this taxon. It grows only inland from the lower transition zone into the humid highlands, on
- Aptroot, A. Bungartz, F. (2007) The Lichen Genus Ramalina on the Galapagos. The Lichenologist 39: 519-542.
- Dodge, C.W. (1936) Lichens of the G. Allan Hancock Expedition of 1934, collected by Wm. R. Taylor. Hancock Pacific Expeditions 3(3): 33-46.
- Dodge, C.W. (1935) Lichenes. In: H.K. Svenson: Plants of the Astor Expedition, 1930 (Galápagos and Cocos Islands). Amer. J. Bot. 22 (2): 221.
- 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, Ramalina puiggarii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3326. Accessed 1 November 2026.