Martinjahnsia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Martinjahnsia S.Y.Kondr., Fedorenko, S.Stenroos, Kärnefelt, Elix, Hur & A.Thell (2012) |
| Species: | M. resendei
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| Martinjahnsia resendei | |
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Martinjahnsia is a single-species fungal genus in the family Teloschistaceae.[2] It contains the sole species Martinjahnsia resendei, a saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichen.
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first scientifically described in 1968 by Josef Poelt and Carlos das Neves Tavares, who initially classified it in the genus Xanthoria.[3] In 2003, Sergey Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt proposed to transfer the species to the genus Rusavskia.[4] Kondratyuk and colleagues suggested in 2012 that it be placed in a new genus, Martinjahnsia, to accommodate its unique phylogenetic position. The genus name honours German lichenologist Martin Jahns.[5]
Habitat and distribution[edit]
Martinjahnsia resendei has a Mediterranean distribution. The lichen is abundant in the southeast of Spain, where it colonises sunny rock surfaces, especially those enriched in nitrates.[6] In islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, it is typically found on sun-exposed siliceous rocks on the Mediterranean coast.[7]
Chemistry[edit]
There are several lichen products that have been isolated and chemically characterised from Martinjahnsia resendei. These include peroxyergosterol, the anthraquinone pigments physcion, fallacinal, and fallacinol, and three new unidentified hopene-type triterpenes.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Synonymy. Current Name: Martinjahnsia resendei (Poelt & Tav.) S.Y. Kondr., Fedorenko, S. Stenroos, Kärnefelt, Elix, Hur & A. Thell, in Fedorenko, Stenroos, Thell, Kärnefelt, Elix, Hur & Kondratyuk, Biblthca Lichenol. 108: 61 (2012)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Martinjahnsia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Poelt, J.; Tavares, C.N. (1968). "Xatithoria resendei, eine neue Laubflechte der sudwesteuropaischen Küsten". Portugaliae Acta Biologica (B) (in German). IX (3–4): 300–307.
- ^ Kondratyuk, S.Y.; Kärnefelt, I. (2003). "Revision of three natural groups of xanthorioid lichens (Teloschistaceae, Ascomycota)". Ukrainskiy Botanichnyi Zhurnal. 60 (4): 427–437.
- ^ Fedorenko, Natalya M.; Stenroos, Soili; Thell, Arne; Kärnefelt, Ingvar; Elix, John A.; Hur, Jae-Seoun; Kondratyuk, Sergij Y. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of xanthorioid lichens (Teloschistaceae, Ascomycota), with notes on their morphology". In Kärnefelt, Ingvar; Seaward, Mark R.D.; Thell, Arne (eds.). Systematics, biodiversity and ecology of lichens. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 108. pp. 45–64. ISBN 978-3-443-58087-2.
- ^ Llimona, X. (1975). "Xanthoria resendei Poelt et Tav. en el se de Espana; fitosociologia y corologia". Anales del Instituto Botánico A. J. Cavanilles (in Spanish). 32 (2): 909–922.
- ^ Nimis, P.L.; Tretiachi, M.; de Marchi, A. (1990). "Contributions to lichen floristics in Italy – V. The lichens of the islands of Capralia (Tuscan Archipelago)". Cryptogamie, Bryol., Lichenol. 11 (1): 1–30.
- ^ González, Antonio G.; Martín, Julio D.; Pérez, Cirilo (1974). "Three new triterpenes from the lichen Xanthoria resendei". Phytochemistry. 13 (8): 1547–1549. Bibcode:1974PChem..13.1547G. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(74)80324-9.