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Lichens Pan-Z (2007) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens - Revised Second Edition Pan-Z
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Pseudephebe M.Choisy

PSEUDEPHEBE M.Choisy, 1930

Type : Pseudephebe pubescens (L.) M.Choisy [=Lichen pubescens L.]

Descriptions : Flora (1985: 419). See also Ryan (2002d).

Key

1
Branches always flattened, never terete
minuscula
Branches terete, rarely flattened
pubescens

Pseudephebe, included in the family Parmeliaceae (Eriksson et al. 2004; Pennycook & Galloway 2004; Eriksson 2005), comprises two species (Lamb 1964; Hawksworth 1972b; Brodo & Hawksworth 1977; Kantvilas 1994b), both of which are found in New Zealand. It is truly bipolar (Galloway & Aptroot 1995) and also circumpolar in both hemispheres.

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