Zwackhia bonplandii (Fée) Ertz

Ertz, Damien, Flakus, Adam, Oset, Magdalena, Sipman, Harrie J. M. & Kukwa, Martin, 2015, A first assessment of lichenized Arthoniales in Bolivia with descriptions of two new species, Phytotaxa 217 (1), pp. 1-25 : 20

* Zwackhia bonplandii (Fée) Ertz s.l. ( Fig. 3F )

A widespread species in the tropics, very variable in thallus colour suggesting a species complex ( Redinger 1940; Ertz 2009). Our specimen has a greyish thallus with minute black maculae.

Specimens examined. BOLIVIA. Dept. Beni: Prov. Itenez, Cerro de Oricore by Río San Martín, 13°19’55”S, 63°30’37”W, 240 m, dry forest overgrow granitic hill, inselberg, corticolous, 19 August 2008, AF 12636 & PR (KRAM, LPB)

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FIGURE 3. Morphological diversity of selected Arthoniales of Bolivia 2. A, Opegrapha astraea (Flakus 19231); B & C, Sagenidiopsis undulata (Flakus 20832): B, apothecia, C, prothallus; D, Syncesia farinacea (Flakus 13234.1); E, Tylophorella pyrenocarpoides (Kukwa 6466); F, Zwackhia bonplandii s.l. (Flakus 12636). Scales:A–F—1 mm.