Sierra Nevada (Spain), the southernmost European locality for the polar-alpine Umbilicaria aprina and U. virginis.

oleh: Leopoldo García Sancho, Ana Aramburu, Ana Pintado, Manuel Casares, José Raggio, David Sánchez-Pescador

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2022-04-01

Deskripsi

Two strict polar-alpine Umbilicaria species (U. aprina and U. virginis) are reported growing together in Los Peñones de San Francisco. Other localities known on the highest summits of the Alps and Pyrenees are considered. We discussed the meaning of these isolated populations as glacial relicts.