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Parmelia Stygia
''Melanelia stygia'', the alpine camouflage lichen, is a species of lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. The dark-coloured lichen, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, forms leafy growths on rocks in arctic and alpine regions throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The lichen has a dark brown to black, glossy surface with narrow, overlapping and tiny pores called pseudocyphellae scattered across its surface. It is a slow-growing species well-adapted to harsh mountain environments, where it is commonly found on non-calcareous rocks at high elevations. While it tolerates extreme cold conditions, climate change may pose a threat to its survival. The species can be used to produce a brownish-coloured wool natural dye, dye. Taxonomy It was first species description, formally described in 1753 by the Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus, who classified it in the eponymous genus ''Lichen''. The type (biology), type specimen was collected in Uppland, Sweden. It was transferred to several di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was the son of a curate and was born in Råshult, in the countryside of Småland, southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
