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- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Brigantiaea leucoxantha (Spreng.) R. Sant. & Hafellner
- Scientific name
- Brigantiaea leucoxantha
- Author
- (Spreng.) R. Sant. & Hafellner
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Lichens- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Brigantiaeaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Isaias de Oliveira Junior
- Comments etc.
- Isaias de Oliveira Junior
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
This species is known by its white or pale grey thallus, vivid orange (sometimes with yellow-orange pruina) apothecia dispersed over the thallus, ascospores hyaline and muriforme, thin-walled with angular lumina.
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
This species is known in 36 different localities, common and widespread species in the neotropics, with 1,068 records according to GBIF database, this species might be considered as Least Concern.
Geographic range
This species is known in 36 different localities, being one common and widespread species in the neotropics. In Brazil, 121 records to this species are known located in the Northeast, Southeast, and South of Brazil according to GBIF database.
Population and Trends
There are 1,068 records in GBIF database, distributed in The USA (690 records), Brazil (121 records), Costa Rica (40 records), Australia (31 records), and the other records are distributed in small percentages.
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
This species is related to lowland and lower Montane, Tropical, and Subtropical. Also, related to Swamp forest. In Brazil, This species can be found at the Atlantic Rainforest.
Threats
In Brazil, this species can be founded in Atlantic Rainforest that is a biome that still suffers anthropic actions in special wildfire, natural and criminal caused, and area suppression.
Conservation Actions
In Brazil, a few records are related to protected areas; although these same areas still suffering continuous anthropic actions, such as criminal caused deforestation and fire, that cause negative suppression to lichens’ species.
Research needed
The taxonomy about this species is already successfully established as a result of a world monograph of Brigantiaea by Hafellner in 1997. However, studies applied to ecology, species size and distribution might be necessary.
