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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Additions to the genus Trapelia (Trapeliaceae: lichenised Ascomycetes)

Gintaras Kantvilas A D , Steven D. Leavitt B , John A. Elix C and H. Thorsten Lumbsch B
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A Tasmanian Herbarium, PO Box 5058, UTAS LPO, Sandy Bay, Tas. 7005, Australia.

B Science & Education, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.

C Research School of Chemistry, Building 137, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: gintaras.kantvilas@tmag.tas.gov.au

Australian Systematic Botany 27(6) 395-402 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB14037
Submitted: 8 October 2014  Accepted: 30 January 2015   Published: 29 June 2015

Abstract

Two new species in the genus Trapelia, namely, T. calvariana Kantvilas & Lumbsch from the Tasmanian highlands and T. thieleana Kantvilas & Lumbsch from south-western Western Australia, are described. Examination of ascus types and analyses of DNA-sequence data confirmed the inclusion of these taxa in Trapelia sensu lato, but raised questions concerning the homogeneity of the genus as currently circumscribed and, in particular, the generic classification of T. lilacea Kantvilas & Elix.

Additional keywords: asci, Australia, biodiversity, Tasmania, taxonomy.


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