| Lasallia | |
|---|---|
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| L. pustulata, type species of genus Lasallia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Umbilicariales |
| Family: | Umbilicariaceae |
| Genus: | Lasallia Mérat (1821) |
| Type species | |
| Lasallia pustulata (L.) Mérat (1821) | |
| Species | |
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12, including: | |
Lasallia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Umbilicariaceae.
The genus name of Lasallia is in honour of Mr. Lasalle (around 1820), who was a French gardener and botanist, who worked in Fontainebleau.[1]
It was circumscribed by François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise in Nouv. Fl. Paris ed.2, vol.1 on page 202 in 1821.
The genus contains 12 species with a widespread, but predominantly temperate distribution.[2] Phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer DNA has shown that the genus is monophyletic.[3]
High performance liquid chromatography analysis of eleven Lasallia species revealed a number of secondary metabolites in this genus, including gyrophoric acid, lecanoric acid, umbilicaric acid, 7-chloroemodin, valsarin, skyrin, hiascic acid, and ovoic acid.[4]
References
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ↑ Bisby GR; Ainsworth GC; Kirk PM; Aptroot André. (2001). Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi / by P. M. Kirk... [et al.]; with the assistance of A. Aptroot... [et al.] Oxon: CAB International. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-85199-377-5.
- ↑ Ivanova, Natalia V; Depriest, Paula T; Bobrova, Vera K; Troitsky, Alexey V (2007). "Phylogenetic Analysis of the Lichen Family Umbilicariaceae based on nuclear ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA Sequences". The Lichenologist. 31 (5): 477. doi:10.1006/lich.1999.0223. S2CID 86435634.
- ↑ Posner, Birgit; Feige, Guido Benno; Leuckert, Christian (1991). "Beiträge zur Chemie der Flechtengattung Lasallia Mérat" [On the Chemistry of the Lichen Genus Lasallia Merat]. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 46 (1–2): 19–27. doi:10.1515/znc-1991-1-204.