About Flavopunctelia flaventior (Stirt.) Hale
Flavopunctelia flaventior is a foliose lichen species belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described as a new species by James Stirton in 1877 under the name Parmelia flaventior. In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred the species to the subgenus Flavopunctelia of her newly defined genus Punctelia. This genus was established to group Parmelia species that have punctate, point-like pseudocyphellae. A few years after that, Mason Hale elevated the subgenus Flavopunctelia to full genus status, and designated Flavopunctelia flaventior as the type species of this new genus. This lichen has the common name speckled greenshield. Flavopunctelia flaventior can be found in Asia, Europe, East Africa, North America, and South America.
