Wang L.-S., Harada H., Narui T., Culberson C.F. & Culberson W.L.
(2003):
Bryoria hengduanensis (Lichenized Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae), a new species from southern China,
Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica,
54(2): 99-104
Bryoria hengduanensis L. S. Wang & H. Harada sp. nov., from Yunnan and Sichuan in southern China, is characterized by a pendant thallus, pseudocyphellae spiraling around the branches, medullary hyphae, and usnic and fumarprotocetraric acids. The closely related B. pseudocapillaris Brodo & D. Hawksw. and B. spiralifera Brodo & D. Hawksw. have white pseudocyphellae, and B. tortuosa Brodo & D. L. Hawksw. is sorediate. The new species also differs from all three of these North American species by chemistry.
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