University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0107377
Taxon:Roccella gracilis Bory Family: Roccellaceae
Determiner: updated with Esslinger, T.L. 2012. NA Lichen Checklist Version (#18) 13 December 2012 (2014)
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Collector:
Hugh H. Iltis; Michael G. Iltis E-11
Date: 1977-06-26
Locality:
Ecuador, Guayas, SW side of La Puntilla,a Cretaceous limestone mountain and cliff jutting into the Pacific Ocean, ca 3 km NW of Salinas
-2.2 -81
Verbatim Coordinates:
02° 12' S 81° 00' W
Elevation:
20-60 meters
(66-197ft)
Habitat:
Steep, dry, sunny, very rocky coastal desert slopes and flats with Cordia lutea, Capparis (flexuosa) lanceolata and C. crotonoides (all 1-2 m tall) in bloom now, others leafless and dead (Heliotropium angiospermum) with candelabra cactus (Lemairocereus cartwrightianus).