Peltula

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lichinomycetes
Ordo: Lichinales
Familia: Peltulaceae
Genus: Peltula
Species: P. africana - P. auriculata - P. bolanderi - P. clavata - P. congregata - P. corticola - P. crispatula - P. cylindrica - P. euploca - P. farinosa - P. impressa - P. langei - P. lingulata - P. michoacanensis - P. obscurans - P. obscuratula - P. omphaliza - P. patellata - P. placodizans - P. psammophila - P. radicata - P. richardsii - P. santessonii - P. sonorensis - P. tortuosa - P. umbilicata - P. zahlbruckneri

Name

Peltula Nyl., 1853

Type species: Peltula radicata Nyl.

References

* Nyl., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. 20: 316 (1853)
* Nylander, W. (1853) Lichenes Algerienses novi. - Annales des Sciences Naturelles 20: 315-320.
* Nyl., Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 2: 322 (1853)
* Nylander, W. (1854) Études sur les lichens d'Algérie. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 2: 305-344.
* Büdel, B. (1987) Zur Biologie und Systematik der Flechtengattungen Heppia und Peltula im südlichen Afrika. Bibliotheca Lichenologica, No. 23, J. Cramer, Berlin and Stuttgart. 105 pp.
* Büdel, B. and Nash III, T.H (2002) Peltula (pp. 331-340) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D, Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages.
* Büdel, B., Rahut, A. and Schultz, M. (2007) Peltula (pp. 388-389) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.
* Egea, J.M. (1989) Los géneros Heppia y Peltula (Liquenes) en Europa Occidental y Norte de Africa. Bibl. Lichenol. 31: 1-122.
* Filson, R.B. (1988) The lichen genera Heppia and Peltula in Australia. Muelleria 6(6): 495-517.
* Swinscow, T.D.V. and Krog, H. (1979) The lichen genera Heppia and Peltula in East Africa. Norwegian Journal of Botany 26: 213-224.
* Swinscow, T.D.V. and Krog, H. (1988) Macrolichens of East Africa. London: British Museum (Natural History), 390 pp.
* Upreti, D.K. and Büdel, B. (1990) The lichen genera Heppia and Peltula in India. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 68: 279-284.
* Wetmore, C.M. (1970) The lichen family Heppiaceae in North America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 57: 158-209.
* USDA Plants Database

Vernacular names
English: Rock olive lichens, Peltula lichens

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