IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77333175-1

Publication

PhytoKeys

Collation

236: 188

Date of Publication

21 Dec 2023

Family as entered in IPNI

Ericaceae

Type Information

Collector Team

Ting Zhang, Ji-Dong Ya & Wei Zhang 22CS21979

Locality

Fugong County, Shiyueliang Xiang, Yaduo Village, Nihajiadi (also called 'Shibagongli' unofficially), Gaoligong Mountain, epiphytic on trees in evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest, 2497 m

Collection Date

22 May 2022

Type Herbaria

holotype KUN 1584163
isotype KUN 1584164
isotype IBSC 1003856

Latitude

27° 9' 55" N

Longitude

98° 46' 44" E

Distribution Of Types

Yunnan (China South-Central, China, Asia-Temperate)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.236.112658 Etymology: The species epithet is derived from the genus of beard lichen 'Usnea' and the suffix '-oides', which means the habit of this new species looks very much like beard lichen on trees from a distance.