Sticta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Peltigerales
- Family
- Lobariaceae
- Genus
- Sticta
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Sticta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sticta
Sticta is a genus of lichens in the family Peltigeraceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical areas, and includes about 114 species. These lichens have a leafy appearance, and are colored brown or black. Sticta species with cyanobacteria as photobionts can fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, and due to their relative abundance and high turnover, they contribute appreciably to the rainforest ecosystem. They are commonly called spotted felt lichens.
...Sticta in languages:
- Chinese
- 牛皮葉衣屬
- English
- Moon Lichens
- Russian
- Стикта
- Swedish
- ärrlavar
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Dendriscocaulon intricatulum
- Sticta ainoae
- Sticta alpinotropica
- Sticta ambavillaria
- Sticta arctica
- Sticta babingtonii
- Sticta baileyi
- Sticta beauvoisii
- Sticta brevipes
- Sticta caliginosa
- Sticta canariensis
- Sticta caperata
- Sticta carolinensis
- Sticta caulescens
- Sticta cinereoglauca
- Sticta colinii
- Sticta damicornis
- Sticta dendroides
- Sticta deyana
- Sticta dichotoma
- Sticta filix
- Sticta foveolata
- Sticta fragilinata
- Sticta fuliginoides
- Sticta fuliginosa
- Sticta henryana
- Sticta hirta
- Sticta humboldtii
- Sticta hypochra
- Sticta hypopsiloides
- Sticta impressula
- Sticta kunthii
- Sticta lacera
- Sticta latifrons
- Sticta leucoblephara
- Sticta limbata
- Sticta livida
- Sticta longipes
- Sticta martinii
- Sticta menziesii
- Sticta myrioloba
- Sticta narinioana
- Sticta nylanderiana
- Sticta pedunculata
- Sticta peltigera
- Sticta perissa
- Sticta platyphylloides
- Sticta plumbeociliata
- Sticta rhizinata
- Sticta scabrosa
- Sticta sinuosa
- Sticta squamata
- Sticta stipitata
- Sticta subcaperata
- Sticta subcrocata
- Sticta sublimbata
- Sticta sylvatica
- Sticta tesselata
- Sticta tomentosa
- Sticta variabilis
- Sticta venosa
- Sticta weigelii
- Sticta xanthotropa































































































































































