7,444 observationsEndangered
Speckled Greenshield
Flavopunctelia flaventior
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Fungi ›Phylum: Ascomycota ›Class: Lecanoromycetes ›Order: Lecanorales ›Family: Parmeliaceae ›Genus: Flavopunctelia
About
Flavopunctelia flaventior is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described as a new species by James Stirton in 1877 as Parmelia flaventior. In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred it to the subgenus Flavopunctelia of her newly circumscribed genus Punctelia, created to contain Parmelia species with punctate (point-like) pseudocyphellae. Mason Hale raised this subgenus to generic status a couple of years later, setting Flavopunctelia flaventior as the type species of the...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Speckled Greenshield is Flavopunctelia flaventior.
- Speckled Greenshield belongs to the kingdom Fungi.
- Speckled Greenshield belongs to the phylum Ascomycota.
- Speckled Greenshield belongs to the class Lecanoromycetes.
- Speckled Greenshield belongs to the order Lecanorales.
- Speckled Greenshield belongs to the family Parmeliaceae.
- Speckled Greenshield belongs to the genus Flavopunctelia.