Nephromataceae Wetmore ex J.C.David &
D.Hawksw. (1990)
The Peltigeraceae are a
family of
lichens in the
orderPeltigerales. The Peltigeraceae, which contains 15
genera and about 600 species, has recently (2018) been emended to include the families Lobariaceae and Nephromataceae. Many Peltigeraceae species have large and conspicuous, leathery
thalli. They largely occur in cool-
temperate to
tropicalmontane climates. Tripartite thalli involving
fungus,
green algae and
cyanobacteria are common in this family.
Taxonomy
The family Peltigeraceae was
circumscribed by Belgian botanist
Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier in 1822.[2] Using a temporal approach that uses time-calibrated
chronograms to identify and define temporal bands for comparable
ordinal and
family ranks in the Lecanoromycetes, the families Lobariaceae and Nephromataceae were
synonymized with Peltigeraceae in 2018.[3] In a later critical review of the use of this method for the biological classification of lichens,
Robert Lücking considered this merge justified based on several characteristics shared by all three groups. These include "the leathery structure of their usually large and conspicuous thalli, apothecial morphology and anatomy, ascus and ascospore type, and the fact that tripartite thalli or photosymbiodemes involving green algae and cyanobacteria are common".[4] The proposed synonymy was also accepted in a 2020 review of fungal classification.[1]
Since the two synonymized families have been widely used, and have been accepted previously as
phylogenetically distinct
clades within older families, Lumbsch and Leavitt proposed the following
subfamilies of Peltigeraceae, which "allows recognition of these well-established and monophyletic clades while avoiding confusion due to incomparable ranks of clades."[5]
Lobarioideae Lumbsch & S.D.Leav. (2019)
Nephromatoideae Lumbsch & S.D.Leav. (2019)
According to Lumbsch and Leavitt, Peltigeroideae becomes an
available name that could be used to include the Peltigeraceae
sensu stricto.[5]
Genera
A 2020 estimate placed 15 genera and about 600 species in the Peltigeraceae,[1] but two new
monotypic genera have since been added to the family.[6][7]
^Kraichak, Ekaphan; Huang, Jen-Pan; Nelsen, Matthew; Leavitt, Steven D.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2018). "A revised classification of orders and families in the two major subclasses of Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) based on a temporal approach". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (3): 233–249.
doi:
10.1093/botlinnean/boy060.
^Lücking, Robert (2019). "Stop the abuse of time! Strict temporal banding is not the future of rank-based classifications in fungi (including lichens) and other organisms". Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 38 (3): 199–253.
Bibcode:
2019CRvPS..38..199L.
doi:
10.1080/07352689.2019.1650517.
S2CID202859785.
^
abStone, Daphne F.; McCune, Bruce; Pardo-De la Hoz, Carlos J.; Magain, Nicolas; Miadlikowska, Jolanta (2021). "Sinuicella denisonii, a new genus and species in the Peltigeraceae from western North America". The Lichenologist. 53 (2): 185–192.
doi:
10.1017/S0024282920000584.
hdl:2268/260843.
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^Clements, F.E. (1909).
The Genera of Fungi. Pennsylvania: H. W. Wilson Company. pp. 82, 175.
^Vainio, E.A. (1890). "Étude sur la classification naturelle et la morphologie des Lichens du Brésil. Pars prima". Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (in Latin). 7 (1): 182.
^De Notaris, G. (1846). "Frammenti lichenografici di un lavoro inedito". Giornale Botanico Italiano (in Italian). 2 (1): 174–224 [178].
^Galloway, David John (2015). "Contributions to a history of New Zealand lichenology 5*. James Murray (1923–1961)". Phytotaxa. 198 (1): 1.
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