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Leprocaulon gracilescens (Nyl.) I.M. Lamb & A. Ward |
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Nomenclatural data
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J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 38: 523 (1974)
Stereocaulon gracilescens Nyl., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 4, 11: 210 (1859)
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Morphology
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Morphologically identical with L. albicans, for the description see under that species.
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Chemistry
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Contains atranorin and fatty acids. In Greenland, two chemotypes are recorded: (1) with atranorin and roccellic/angardianic acid (n = 1); (2) with atranorin and rangiformic acid (n = 1).
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Remarks
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This species may alternatively be considered a chemotype of L. albicans (Lamb & Ward 1974, Brodo et al. 2001) but proper nomenclatural change has not been proposed.
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Ecology and distribution
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Greenland |
On soil and bryophytes.
Reported here as new to Greenland from two localities on the southern and western coasts.
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