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Lichens Pan-Z (2007) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens - Revised Second Edition Pan-Z
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Steinera Zahlbr.

STEINERA Zahlbr., 1906

Type : Steinera glaucella (Tuck.) C.W.Dodge [=Pannaria glaucella Tuck.]

Description : Flora (1985: 539).

Key

1
On rocks
2
On soil; subalpine to alpine
neozelandica
2
Thallus without soredia
3
Thallus sorediate
sorediata
3
Thallus closely attached; ascospores simple to 3-septate, ellipsoidal to subglobose
radiata
Thallus loosely attached; ascospores (5–)7-septate, elongate-fusiform
polymorpha

Steinera is a Southern Hemisphere genus of four species confined to the subantarctic islands (Kerguelen, Crozet, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie) and extending into alpine and subalpine areas of southern New Zealand (Henssen & James 1982). It is included in the family Coccocarpiaceae (Eriksson et al. 2004; Pennycook & Galloway 2004; Eriksson 2005). Four species are known from New Zealand.

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