- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Pterygiopsis foliacea Henssen
- Scientific name
- Pterygiopsis foliacea
- Author
- Henssen
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Lichens- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lichinomycetes
- Order
- Lichinales
- Family
- Lichinaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Reinaldo Vargas
- Comments etc.
- Reinaldo Vargas
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
The species is endemic to coastal central Chile, highly menaced by the increased change in land use for industrial and recreational use.
Geographic range
Its distribution is localized to central Chile, in the closeness of the river mouth of the Maipo River. A second record indicates its presence in the coastal riff of the Atacama Desert, at the closeness of Cerro Moreno in the Morro Moreno National Park.
Population and Trends
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
Prefers coastal rocks in central Chile, both granitic and sandstone, commonly in the spray zone, but up to 100 m a.s.l. It grows on semi-exposed crevices facing towards the ocean, but most commonly completely sun-exposed.
Threats
Conservation Actions
The species has been proposed for the Chilean national conservation initiative, categorized as Data deficient.
Research needed
Populational trends are unknown.
Use and Trade
Bibliography
Henssen, A. (1963). Eine Revision der Flechtenfamilien Lichinaceae und Ephebaceae. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 18(1):1-123.
Follmann, G. (1967). Die Flechtenflora der nordchilenischen Nebeloase Cerro Moreno. Nova Hedwigia 14: 215-281.
