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Parmeliaceae

The Parmeliaceae is a large and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes. With over 2700 species in 71 genera, it is the largest family of lichen-forming fungi. The most speciose genera in the family are the well-known groups: Xanthoparmelia (822 species), Usnea (355 species), Parmotrema (255 species), and Hypotrachyna (262 species).

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related to Genera · 145
Parmeliaceae → Ach, Adans, Ahtiana Goward, Alectoria Ach, Allantoparmelia, Allocetraria Kurok, Anzia Stizenb, Arctocetraria Kärnefelt, Arctoparmelia Hale, Arg, Articus, Asahina, Asahinea, Austromelanelixia Divakar, Austroparmelina, Awasthi, Blanco, Boluda, Brodo, Brodoa Goward
related to Taxonomy · 16
Parmeliaceae → Alectoriaceae, Alectorioid, Anziaceae, Based, Cetrarioid, However, Hypogymniaceae, Hypogymnioid, Letharioid, Parmelioid, Phylogenetic, Psiloparmelioid, The Parmelioid, This, Usneaceae, Usneoid
related to Diversification · 15
Parmeliaceae → Across, Bryoria, Cohort, Differences, Flavoparmelia, Graphidaceae, Hypogymnia, Hypotrachyna, Myr, Oligocene, Parmotrema, That, Time-calibrated, Usnea, Xanthoparmelia
related to Chemistry · 14
Parmeliaceae → Bulbothrix, Cetraria, Cetraria-type, Evernia, Garhwal Himalaya, Hypotrachyna, Members, Parmelia, Parmelioid, Parmotrema, The, This, Usnea, Xanthoparmelia-type
related to Generic classification · 13
Parmeliaceae → By, Cetrelia, For, Mason Hale, Neofuscelia, Parmelia, Parmotrema, Physcia, The, These, When Erik Acharius, Xanthoparmelia, Xanthoria
related to Thallus · 12
Parmeliaceae → Hypogymnia, Many, Medulla, Menegazzia, Nesolechia, Only, Raesaenenia, Species, The, They, Two, Usnea
related to history · 8
Parmeliaceae → Although, An Anzia, Cretaceous, Myr, Myr-old Baltic, Myr-old Dominican, Paleogene, Parmelia
related to Conservation · 6
Parmeliaceae → Anzia, Hypotrachyna, IUCN Red List, Lethariella, Sulcaria, Xanthoparmelia
related to Photobiont · 5
Parmeliaceae → Asterochloris, In, Some Parmeliaceae, The, Trebouxia
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Parmeliaceae → large and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes, little studied subject

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spp species genera family hale xanthoparmelia parmelia usnea sp parmotrema hypotrachyna divakar crespo groups several ach kärnefelt genus cetraria elix

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Parmeliaceaeis alarge and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes0.90text
Parmeliaceaeis alittle studied subject0.90text
lobe shapesinstance ofwhen Mason Hale and others proposed numerous new genera based primarily on morphological features0.80text
rhizine typesinstance ofwhen Mason Hale and others proposed numerous new genera based primarily on morphological features0.80text
and cortical chemistry.The advent of molecular phylogenetics techniques in the late 1990s provided new tools for evaluating which morphologicalinstance ofwhen Mason Hale and others proposed numerous new genera based primarily on morphological features0.80text
chemical characters were most reliable for defining generainstance ofwhen Mason Hale and others proposed numerous new genera based primarily on morphological features0.80text
thallus growth forminstance ofsome previously emphasised features0.80text
the presence of specific cortical substances have been shown to be more variable within lineages than previously thought.Modern molecular studies have established that approximately 75instance ofsome previously emphasised features0.80text
Parmeliaceaerelated to ChemistryMembers0.60section
Parmeliaceaerelated to ChemistryXanthoparmelia-type0.60section
Parmeliaceaerelated to ChemistryCetraria-type0.60section
Parmeliaceaerelated to ChemistryThe0.60section

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