Opegrapha varia

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Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,422 meters (0 to 4,665 feet).Mean = 244.350 meters (801.673 feet), Standard Deviation = 216.880 based on 268 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Alyxoria diaphora (Ach.) Gray 1821
2. Alyxoria notha (Ach.) Gray 1821
3. Graphis notha (Ach.) Trevis. 1869
4. Graphis varia (Pers.) Branth & Rostr. 1869
5. Lichen diaphorus Ach. 1798
6. Lichen nothus Ach. 1798
7. Lichen signatus Ach. 1798
8. Opegrapha chlorina Pers. 1811
9. Opegrapha diaphora (Ach.) Ach. 1803
10. Opegrapha diaphora forma herbicola Nyl.
11. Opegrapha diaphora var. signata (Ach.) Ach. 1803
12. Opegrapha diaphora forma signata (Ach.) J. Nowak 1983
13. Opegrapha diaphora var. tigrina (Ach.) H. Olivier 1902
14. Opegrapha diaphora forma tigrina (Ach.) J. Nowak 1983
15. Opegrapha diaphora var. tridens (Ach.) H. Olivier 1902
16. Opegrapha lichenoides Pers. 1794
17. Opegrapha notha (Ach.) Ach. 1803
18. Opegrapha pulicaris
19. Opegrapha rimalis Ach. 1809
20. Opegrapha signata (Ach.) Ach. 1809
21. Opegrapha signata var. tigrina Ach. 1810
22. Opegrapha tridens Ach. 1810
23. Opegrapha varia var. chlorina (Pers.) H. Olivier 1914
24. Opegrapha varia forma diaphora (Ach.) anon.
25. Opegrapha varia var. lichenoides (Pers.) Hepp 1853
26. Opegrapha varia var. notha (Ach.) Fr. 1831
27. Opegrapha varia var. pulicaris
28. Opegrapha varia forma pulicaris
29. Opegrapha varia var. rimalis (Ach.) Fr.
30. Opegrapha varia var. varia Pers. 1794
31. Scaphis notha (Ach.) Eschw. 1824

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Opegrapha

There are approximately 330 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

O. abnormis · O. abnormis var. varia · O. acicularis · O. africana · O. agelaea (Scribble Lichen) · O. agelaeina · O. agelaeoides · O. alba · O. albidoatra · O. alboatra · O. albocincta · O. alborimosa · O. allorgei · O. ampholera · O. angustata · O. anomea · O. aperiens · O. apomelaena · O. arabica · O. arengae · O. areniseda · O. astraea (Scribble Lichen) · O. aterula · O. atra · O. atratula · O. atrorimalis · O. aurantiaca (Scribble Lichen) · O. bacidiae · O. bahamensis · O. bengalensis · O. betuligna · O. betulinoides · O. bonplandi · O. bonplandii (Bonpland's Scribble Lichen) · O. bonplandii f. bonplandii · O. bonplandii var. abbreviata · O. bonplandii var. bonplandii · O. bonplandii var. conglomerata · O. bonplandii var. quassiaecola · O. brattiae · O. brevis · O. brevissima · O. brigantina · O. bullata · O. caesareensis · O. caesia · O. calcarea (Calcareous Scribble Lichen) · O. candida (Scribble Lichen) · O. celtidicola · O. cerebriforme · O. cesareensis · O. chionoplaca · O. chlorographa · O. chlorographiza · O. chrysocarpa · O. cinerea f. intermedia · O. circumducta · O. cladoniicola · O. comma · O. commatodes · O. conferta anzi · O. conglomerata · O. corinnea · O. corticola · O. corumbensis · O. cretacea · O. culmigena · O. curvula · O. cylindrica · O. cymbiformis · O. cypressi (Scribble Lichen) · O. demissa · O. demutata · O. desquamescens · O. devia · O. diaphoriza · O. diaphoroides · O. dibbenii · O. dichaenella · O. diffracticola · O. dimidiata · O. dirinicola · O. dolomitica · O. duckei · O. durieui · O. ectolechiacearum · O. endoleuca · O. enteroleuca · O. epigraphella · O. epiphega · O. epiporina · O. euphorbiae · O. farinosa · O. flexuososerpens · O. follmannii · O. foreaui · O. forsandri · O. fumosa · O. fumosa coppins · O. fuscomaculans

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• Species Fungorum 2006.
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Lichen Herbarium
• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem: Lichen Herbarium Berlin
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain: Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF-Lich
• GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid: MA-Lichen
• GBIF-Sweden: Botany (UPS)
• GBIF-Sweden: Fungi (S)
• GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
• GBIF-Sweden: Lund Botanical Museum (LD)
• GTI Japan: EASIANET
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen field notes, Oslo (O)
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen herbarium, Bergen (BG)
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Lichen herbarium, Oslo (O)
• Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: Epiphytic Lichens of G. Lettau at the Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Danish Mycological Society, fungal records database
• The New York Botanical Garden: Ozark Lichens
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Fungi & Lichens dataset
• University Museums of Norway (MUSIT)
• University of Bialystok, Institute of Biology: Lichenes North-Eastern Poland

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10611069
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: SF-396753
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14384352
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:396753
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: OPRI
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2121963

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