Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories

Contents

Classification & Genus Descriptions | Largest Families and Genera

Recent Photographs (SOUTH AUSTRALIA, April 2013) | All Illustrations

Oceanic Islands | Foliicolous Lichens | Arid & Semi-arid Regions | Marine & Freshwater Lichens | References

The lichen flora of Australia and its island territories includes 3694 species and infra-specific taxa in 491 genera; 1319 taxa [36%] are thought to be endemic. The six States, together with the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, have 3487 taxa; 1242 [36%] are endemic. Australian oceanic islands in the Indian, Pacific and Southern Oceans support 580 taxa; 69 [12%] are endemic.

This checklist has links to approximately 1600 illustrations, mostly colour photographs by Bill Malcolm, Alan Archer, Jack Elix and Neil McCracken, photographs and line-art by Pat McCarthy, and habit and anatomical photographs by Armin Mangold. Click on the camera icons or hyperlinks to view the images. In addition, there are links to more than 2200 taxon descriptions, many with distribution maps. The checklist also contains 2996 nomenclatural and taxonomic synonyms and names that have been misapplied to Australian specimens.

Names added or updated in 2009 are in blue; entries for 2010 are in red; entries for 2011–2013 are in green.

Keys

• Key to the Genera of Australian Lichens: Apothecial Crusts. Lumbsch et al. (2001; out of print).
• Key to the Genera of Crustose Pyrenocarpous Lichens in Australia. McCarthy (2001l).
• Key to the Genera of Australian Macrolichens. McCarthy & Malcolm (2004) [pdf]

Symbols

* Accepted name based on an Australian type specimen

[*] Taxonomic synonym based on an Australian type specimen

Cite as ...

McCarthy, P.M. (2013), Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories.
Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Version 17 September 2013.
http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/introduction.html.

Acknowledgements

I am especially grateful to the late Lyn Jessup for preparing the keys for online delivery, redesigning the site and teaching me how to maintain it. I also thank Alan Archer, Louise Biggs, Alan Bolin, Ian Cresswell, Rex Croft, Judith Curnow, Jack Elix, Andreas Frisch, Christy Geromboux, Robert Ingram, Gintaras Kantvilas, Paul Kirk, Brigitte Kuchlmayr, Naomi Lawrence, Robyn Lawrence, Simone Louwhoff, Thorsten Lumbsch, Bill Malcolm, Armin Mangold, Tom May, Helmut Mayrhofer, Neil McCracken, Roland Moberg, Paul Murray, Dag Øvstedal, Laurens Sparrius, Val Stajsic, Alice Wells and Greg Whitbread.

Patrick M. McCarthy
Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 787, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia
Email: Patrick.McCarthy@environment.gov.au

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