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2014-07-01

A REMARKABLE CLADONIACEAE FLORA AT INTERMEDIATE ELEVATION IN CHÁMEZA (CASANARE, COLOMBIA)

Palabras clave:

Cladonia, subandean forest, plant richness, lichenized fungi (es)

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Autores/as

  • Lady Johanna Herrera Vargas Centro de Investigaciones y Desarrollo Científico Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, GCOL, BIOliquen, Cra. 4 No. 26B-54, Torre de Laboratorios, Herbario, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Harrie J. M. Sipman Freie Universität, Botanischer Garten & Botanisches Museum, Königin-Luise-Strasse 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Martha Cecilia Gutiérrez Sarmiento Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, GCOL, Bogotá, Colombia

In Chámeza-Casanare (Colombia) in the subandean region (montane forest zone) at ca. 1200 m elevation a remarkable Cladoniaceae flora is discovered. Four observed species of the genus Cladonia (Cladoniaceae, Lichenized Fungi) are new records for Colombia: Cladonia macilentoides, C. scabriuscula, C. sipmanii and C. subdelicatula. This shows that suitable habitats for Cladoniaceae at intermediate elevations merit special interest in diversity studies.

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