Spjut, RW 1996: Niebla and Vermilacinia (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. - Sida, Botanical Miscellany14: 1-208. [RLL List # 165 / Rec.# 17814] Keywords: BAJA/ NIEBLA/ RAMALINA/ RAMALINACEAE/ SONORAN DESERT/ VERMILACINIA
Abstract: 4 fig. 31 drawings. 127 photos. 11 plates (with 66 color photos) [Includes sections on the climate, vegetation, and phytogeography of the study area, and discussions of the species concepts used. Keys and descriptions are provided for 42 species of Niebla and 28 species of Vermilacinia. New: Niebla arenaria sp. nov., N. brachyura sp. nov., N. caespitosa sp. nov., N. contorta sp. nov., N. cornea sp. nov., N. dilatata sp. nov., N. disrupta (Nyl.) comb. nov., N. dissecta sp. nov., N. eburnea sp. nov., N. effusa sp. nov., N. fimbriata sp. nov., N. flabellata sp. nov., N. flagelliformis sp. nov., N. halei sp. nov., N. homaleoides sp. nov., N. infundibula sp. nov., N. isidiosa sp. nov., N. juncosa sp. nov., N. juncosa var. spinulifera var. nov., N. laminaria sp. nov., N. limicola Spjut & Follmann sp. nov., N. lobulata sp. nov., N. marinii sp. nov, N. palmeri sp. nov., N. podetiaforma sp. nov., N. ramosissima sp. nov., N. rugosa sp. nov., N. siphonoloba sp. nov., N. sorediata sp. nov., N. sorocarpia sp. nov., N. spatulata sp. nov., N. suffnessii sp. nov., N. tesselata sp. nov., N. testudinaria (Nyl.) comb. nov., N. turgida sp. nov., N. undulata sp. nov., N. usneoides sp. nov., N. versiforma sp. nov., Vermilacinia acicularis sp. nov., V. cedrosensis (Marsh & Nash) comb. nov., V. ceruchoides (Rundel & Bowler) comb. nov., V. johncassadyi sp. nov., V. laevigata (Rundel & Bowler) comb. nov., V. ligulata sp. nov., V. paleoderma sp. nov., V. polymorpha (Bowler, Marsh, Nash & Riefner) comb. nov., V. procera (Bowler & Rundel) comb. nov., V. pumila sp. nov., V. reptilioderma sp. nov., V. rigida sp. nov., V. rosei sp. nov., V. tuberculata (Riefner, Bowler, Marsh & Nash) comb. nov., V. varicosa sp. nov., V. vesiculosa sp. nov., V. cerebra sp. nov., V. corrugata sp. nov., V. howei sp. nov., V. leonis sp. nov., V. leopardina sp. nov., V. nylanderi sp. nov., V. zebrina sp. nov.]