''Flavopunctelia darrowii'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first formally described as a new species by John Walter Thomson in 1950 as ''Parmelia darrowi''. It is named after American botanist Robert Arthur Darrow. In 1982, Hildur Krog transferred it to the subgenus ''Flavopunctelia'' of her newly circumscribed genus ''

Punctelia ''Punctelia'' is a genus of foliose lichens belonging to the large family Parmeliaceae. The genus, which contains about 50 species, was segregated from genus '' Parmelia'' in 1982. Characteristics that define ''Punctelia'' include the presenc ...

'', created to contain '' Parmelia'' species with punctate (point-like) pseudocyphellae. Mason Hale raised this subgenus to generic status a couple of years later. The lichen is

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to the American oak-

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forests of southern

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and higher elevations in Chihuahua and

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, Mexico.

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darrowii Lichen species Lichens described in 1950 Lichens of Mexico Lichens of North America {{Parmeliaceae-stub