Lethariella cashmeriana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Lethariella
Species:
L. cashmeriana
Binomial name
Lethariella cashmeriana
Krog (1976)

Lethariella cashmeriana is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] It was formally described as a new species in 1976 by Hildur Krog. The species epithet cashmeriana refers to Jammu-Kashmir, where the type specimen was collected.[2] The lichen is one of three species of Lethariella that is used as a purported health-promoting tea in Yunnan, China.[3] It contains atranorin, canarione, gyrophoric acid, and norstictic acid (minor) as lichen products.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Lethariella cashmeriana Krog". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Krog, H. (1976). "Lethariella and Protousnea, two new lichen genera in the Parmeliaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 23: 83–106.
  3. ↑ Wang, Li-song; Narui, Takao; Harada, Hiroshi; Culberson, Chicita F.; Culberson, William Louis (2001). "Ethnic uses of lichens in Yunnan, China". The Bryologist. 104 (3): 345–349. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0345:EUOLIY]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3244767.
  4. ↑ Obermayer, Walter (2001). "On the identity of Lethariella sinensis Wei & Jiang, with new reports of Tibetan Lethariella species". In McCarthy, P.M.; Kantvilas, G.; Louwhoff, S.H.J.J. (eds.). Lichenological Contribution in Honour of Jack Elix. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 78. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Bornträger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 321–326.
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