Parmeliaceae

The Parmeliaceae are a family of lichens (or, more strictly, a family of fungi, one of the symbionts that constitute the lichens). It is the largest family of lichen-forming fungi, with over 2000 species and 83 genera. Species of this family have a cosmopolitan distribution and may be found in a wide range of climatic regions. Based on analysis of the sequences ssu mitochondrial DNA sequences, the Parmeliaceae are a monophyletic group.

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic analysis supports the existence of six separate clades in the family:

Alectorioid clade
''Alectoria''
''Pseudephebe''
''Sulcaria''
Cetrarioid clade
''Ahtiana''
''Allocetraria''
''Arctocetraria''
''Cetraria''
''Cetrariella''
''Cetreliopsis''
''Flavocetraria''
''Kaernefeltia''
''Masonhalea''
''Melanelia''
''Nephromopsis
''Tuckermannopsis''
''Vulpicida''
Hypogymnioid clade
''Arctoparmelia''
''Brodoa''
''Hypogymnia''
''Pseudevernia''
Letharioid clade
''Letharia''
''Lethariella''
Parmelioid clade
''Bulbothrix''
''Canoparmelia''
''Cetrelia''
''Everniastrum''
''Flavoparmelia''
''Flavopunctelia''
''Hypotrachyna''
''Karoowia''
''Melanelixia''
''Melanohalea''
''Myelochroa''
''Nesolechia (fungi)''
''Omphalodiella''
''Parmelaria''
''Parmelia''
''Parmelina''
''Parmelinella''
''Parmelinopsis''
''Parmeliopsis''
''Parmotrema''
''Pleurosticta''
''Punctelia''
''Relicina''
''Xanthoparmelia''
Psiloparmelioid clade
''Everniopsis''
''Psiloparmelia''

Notable taxa

Some members of the Parmeliaceae are:

the genus Parmelia
the genus Usnea (old man's beard)
Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)
Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica)
Wila (Bryoria fremontii)

Translation

The word "Parmeliaceae" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Catalan: Parmeliàcia, Lithuanian: Kežiniai, Norwegian (Bokmål): Fargelavfamilien.