WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0062053
Taxon:
Oropogon loxensis (Fée) Th. Fr.
Family: Parmeliaceae
Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: J. W. Thomson, Jr. (s.d.)
ID Remarks:
determiner assumed to be the collector; date approximate
Collector:
H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis 3160
Date: 1963-01-03
Locality:
Peru, Cuzco, Prov. Urubamba. RUINAS DE MACHU PICCHU, high above Rio Urubamba, 80 km WNW of Cuzco.
Elevation:
2500-2600 meters
(8200-8528ft)
Habitat:
A) Sunny lichen-covered rock walls, rock piles, terraces and cliffs at M. P. ruins. B) Weedy thickets at Hotel Turistas (Solanum spp., Triumfetta). C) Cool moist shrubby cloud forest remnants on nearly vertical rocky slopes at base of Huayna Picchu, just NW of ruins (Many ferns, lichens, Ericads, Gesneriads)
Occurrence Remarks:
[with map]
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Record Id: 31b6810f-191c-45f8-9a53-8bb892c7fb88
Occurrence ID (GUID):
556a9315-d7af-4818-b483-a936b8952d6e
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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