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Single origin and subsequent diversification of central Andean endemic Umbilicaria species.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2000
Hestmark Geir, Miadlikowska Jolanta, Kauff Frank, Fraker Emily, Molnar Katalin, Lutzoni François
Abstract excerpt
We studied an Andean endemic group of species of the lichen-forming fungal genus Umbilicaria from the subalpine and low-alpine zone, with their biogeographic center in Bolivia and Peru. A number of species and varieties have been described from this element, but apparent instability in several morphological traits has made it difficult to precisely delimit taxa. Based on DNA sequences of nuclear ITS, LSU and...
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