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Lichen checklist of Hormozgan

A preliminary lichen checklist for Hormozgan province, Iran (WEBSITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION) (posted 12 January 2007; last change 25 Jan. 2007) further Zschackia issues

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by Mohammad Sohrabi
Botanical Museum (Mycology), P. O. Box 7, FIN-00014 Helsinki University, Finland

Hormozgan, a province of 68475 square km, located in the southern part of Iran, is facing the Persian Gulf and Oman.
The reported lichens originate mainly from the surroundings of Bandar Lengeh, Minab.

List of taxa:	References:
*Buellia subalbula* (Nyl.) Müll. Arg.	Riedl 1979: 220; Seaward et al. 2004: 548;
*Caloplaca aegyptiaca* (Müll. Arg.) J. Steiner	Riedl 1979: 220; Seaward et al. 2004: 549;
*Caloplaca biatorina* (A. Massal.) J. Steiner	Riedl 1979: 220; Seaward et al. 2004: 549;
*Caloplaca lactea* (A. Massal.) Zahlbr.	Riedl 1979: 220; Seaward et al. 2004: 550;
*Caloplaca variabilis* (Pers.) Müll. Arg.	Riedl 1979: 220; Seaward et al. 2004: 551;
*Gloeoheppia turgida* (Ach.) Gyeln.	Seaward et al. 2004: 556;
*Heppia solorinoides* (Nyl.) Nyl.	Vezda 1978, Lich. Sel. Exs. 1553 as Heppia reticulata; material belongs in part to Placidium tenellum, see Breuss 1998: 667; Egea 1989: 56 as Heppia reticulata; Henssen 1994: 72; Seaward et al. 2004: 556;
*Lichinella algerica* (J. Steiner) P. Moreno & Egea	Riedl 1979: 220 as Gonohymenia algerica; Seaward et al. 2004: 561;
*Peccania arabica* (Müll. Arg.) Henssen	Seaward et al. 2004: 563;
*Phloeopeccania pulvinulina* J. Steiner	Vezda 1979, Lich. Sel. Exs. 1654 as Pyrenopsis sojakii; Schultz & al. 2000: 195; Seaward et al. 2004: 563;
*Placidium lachneum* (Ach.) Bouly de Lesd.	Riedl 1979: 219 as Dermatocarpon lachneum; Seaward et al. 2004: 564;
*Placidium semaforonense* (Breuss) Breuss	Breuss 1998: 665, 1998: 665; Seaward et al. 2004: 565;
*Placidium tenellum* (Breuss) Breuss	Breuss 1998: 667; Seaward et al. 2004: 565;
*Psorotichia lugubris* (A. Massal.) Arnold	Riedl 1979: 220; Seaward et al. 2004: 567;
*Squamarina lentigera* (Weber) Poelt	Vezda 1974, Lich. Sel. Exs. 1216; Riedl 1979: 220; Seaward et al. 2004: 570;
*Toninia sedifolia* (Scop.) Timdal	Riedl 1979: 220 as Toninia coeruleonigricans; Seaward et al. 2004: 571;
*Verrucaria buschirensis* J. Steiner	Riedl 1979: 219; Seaward et al. 2004: 572;
*Xanthoria steineri* Lamb	Vezda 1974, Lich. Sel. Exs. 1249; Seaward et al. 2004: 573;

References:

Breuss, O. (1998) Catapyrenium und verwandte Gattungen (lichenisierte Ascomyceten, Verrucariaceae) in Asien – ein erster Überblick. – Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 100 B: 657-669.
Egea, J. M. (1989) Los géneros Heppia y Peltula (Líquenes) en Europa Occidental y Norte de Africa. Biblioth. Lichenol. 31.
Henssen, A. 1994: Contribution to the morphology and species delimitation in Heppia sensu stricto (lichenized Ascomycotina). – Acta Bot. Fenn. 150: 57-73.
Riedl, H. (1979) Präadaption bei Flechten iranischer Halbwüsten. Pl. Syst. Evol. 131: 217-233.
Seaward, M. R. D., Sipman, H. J. M., Schultz, M., Maassoumi, A. A., Haji Moniri Anbaran, M. & Sohrabi, M. (2004) A preliminary lichen checklist for Iran. Willdenowia 34: 543-576.
Schultz, M., Brown, G. & Büdel, B. (2000) Cyanophilous lichens from Kuweit. Nova Hedwigia 70: 193-216.
Vezda, A. 1974: Lichenes Selecti Exsiccati Fasc. 49, No.1216.
Vezda, A. 1974: Lichenes Selecti Exsiccati Fasc. 50, No.1249.
Vezda, A. 1978: Lichenes Selecti Exsiccati Fasc. 63, No. 1553.
Vezda, A. 1979: Lichenes Selecti Exsiccati Fasc. 67, No. 1654.

Suggested citation:
Sohrabi, M. 2007: A preliminary lichen checklist for Hormozgan province, Iran. – http://www.bgbm.org/BGBM/STAFF/Wiss/Sipman/Zschackia/Iran/Hormozgan.htm. Issue 16.01.2007.

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