Sierra Nevada (Spain), the southernmost European locality for the polar-alpine Umbilicaria aprina and U. virginis

Author:
Sancho L.G., Aramburu A., Pintado A., Casares M., Raggio J. & Sánchez-Pescador D.
Year:
2022
Journal:
Mediterranean Botany
Pages:
43: e77925 [4 p.]
Url:
https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.77925
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Two strict polar-alpine Umbilicaria species (U. aprina and U. virginis) are reported growing together in Los Peñones de San Francisco. Other localities known on the highest summits of the Alps and Pyrenees are considered. We discussed the meaning of these isolated populations as glacial relicts. Keywords: Lichens, Polar-alpine, Biogeography, Umbilicaria, Sierra Nevada.
Id:
34882
Submitter:
zdenek
Post_time:
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 16:59