Revised Parmelia-type species names


The genus Parmelia has undergone numerous revisions in recent years.
Here is a list of species that used to be in Parmelia, and a few other genera,
and what they are currently called.

Names in bold have photos on this website.

Specific name
Current name
acetabulum
ambigua
arnoldii
borreri
britannica
caperata
carporrhizans
commixta
conspersa
crinita
delisei
discordans
disjuncta
elegantula
endochlora
ernstiae
exasperata
exasperatula
fuliginosa
glabratula subsp. glabratula    
horrescens
hyperopta
hepatizon
laciniatula
laevigata
loxodes
luteonotata
minarum
mougeotii
olivetorum
omphalodes
pastillifera
perlata
protomatrae
pulla
quercina
reddenda
reticulata
revoluta
robusta
saxatilis
septentrionalis
sinuosa
soredians
stygia
subargentifera
subaurifera
subrudecta
sulcata
ulophylla
taylorensis
tiliacea
tinctina
verruculifera
Pleurosticta acetabulum
Parmeliopsis ambigua
Parmotrema arnoldii
Punctelia borreri
Hypotrachyna britannica
Flavoparmelia caperata
Parmelina carporrhizans
Cetrariella commixta
Xanthoparmelia conspersa
Parmotrema crinitum
Xanthoparmelia delisei
Parmelia discordans
Melanelia disjuncta
Melanohalia elegantula
Hypotrachyna endochlora
Parmelia ernstiae
Melanohalia exasperata
Melanohalia exasperatula
Melanelixia fuliginosa subsp. fuliginosa
Melanelixia fuliginosa subsp. glabratula
Hypotrachyna horrescens
Parmeliopsis hyperopta
Melanelia hepatizon
Melanohalia laciniatula
Hypotrachyna laevigata
Xanthoparmelia loxodes
Xanthoparmelia luteonotata
Hypotrachyna minarum
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii
Cetrelia olivetorum
Parmelia omphalodes
Parmelina pastillifera
Parmotrema perlatum
Xanthoparmelia protomatrae
Xanthoparmelia pulla
Parmelina carporrhizans
Punctelia reddenda
Parmotrema reticulatum
Hypotrachyna revoluta
Parmotrema robustum
Parmelia saxatilis
Melanohalia septentrionalis
Hypotrachyna sinuosa
Flavoparmelia soredians
Melanelia stygia
Melanelixia subargentifera
Melanelixia subaurifera
Punctelia subrudecta
Parmelia sulcata
Punctelia jeckeri
Hypotrachyna taylorensis
Parmelina tiliacea
Xanthoparmelia tinctina
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera