Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

In Weber (1986) as Ramalina furcellata, fide Aptroot & Bungartz (2007); In Stewart (1912) & Weber (1966, 1981) as Ramalina farinacea; In Dodge (1936) & Weber (1966) as Ramalina dasypoga

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: A pan-American species previously reported from the Galapagos by Landrón (1972), repeated by Kashiwadani & Kalb (1993), but not mentioned by Weber (1986), who erroneously reported material of this species as R. furcellata (Mont.) Zahlbr. Abundant and widespread, especially in the humid highlands, th

• 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.
• Kashiwadani, H. Kalb, K. (1993) The genus Ramalina in Brazil Lichenologist 25: 1–31.
• Landrón C.I. (1972) The lichen genus Ramalina Ach. in the West Indies with notes on its role in the vegetation of Porto Rico. PhD Thesis, Michigan State University.
• Stewart, A. (1912) Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands 1905-1906. No. 7: Notes on the Lichens of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th Series, 1(7): 431-446.
• 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.
• Weber, W.A. (1981) Lichenes Exsiccati, distributed by the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Fasc. 1-15, nos. 1-600, 1961-1979. Mycotaxon 13(1): 85-104.