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- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Peltularia crassa P.M. Jørg. & D.J. Galloway
- Scientific name
- Peltularia crassa
- Author
- P.M. Jørg. & D.J. Galloway
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Lichens- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Coccocarpiaceae
- Assessment status
- Pending
- Proposed by
- Alan Fryday
- Assessors
- André Aptroot, Göran Thor
- Contributors
- Alan Fryday
- Comments etc.
- Anders Dahlberg
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Described in 1984 and not reported since. The three other species of the genus are known only from southern South America and the South Shetland Island
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Reported only from two collections, one each from Campbell Island (New Zealand) and Macquarie Island (Australia), although a further collection from Auckland Island (New Zealand) is present in the herbarium of Michigan State University (MSC).
Geographic range
Population and Trends
Unknown. Last collected in 1981
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
A fellfield species that occurs on elevated rock outcrops in tussock grassland in the high subantarctic zone
Threats
Conservation Actions
Research needed
Survey of Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Island to assess the size and extent of the species current population
Use and Trade
Bibliography
Jørgensen, P.M. & Galloway, D.J. 1984: A new subantarctic species of the lichen genus Peltularia. Lichenologist 16: 189-196.
