Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-jn8rn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T15:49:37.800Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Sticta alpinotropica, a new saxicolous lichen species from the alpine zone of Mt Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2008

André APTROOT
André APTROOT
Affiliation:
ABL Herbarium, Gerrit van der Veenstraat 107, NL–3762 XK Soest, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected]
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract:

The lichen species Sticta alpinotropica is described new to science from Papua New Guinea. It grows on rock between 3900 and 4200 m elevation in an alpine environment virtually on the equator. Although it is locally abundant, it is known only from one small mountain top.

Keywords

New Guineanew speciestropical mountain
Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 40 , Issue 5 , September 2008 , pp. 419 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 2008

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)