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Open Access Records of terricolous lichens from páramos of southern Ecuador

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Ecological studies of five páramos in Azuay and Loja provinces recorded one lichen species new to South America (Bryoria nitidula), five new to Ecuador (Cladonia halei, C. melanopoda, C. merochlorophaea, C. subreticulata, Diploschistes diacapsis), two new to mainland Ecuador (Cladonia grayi, C. pyxidata), and 20 new provincial records. Brief morphological descriptions, with remarks on distribution and ecology, are provided.

Keywords: ANDES; BIODIVERSITY; CLADONIACEAE; NEOTROPICS

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 27 April 2017

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