''Sticta tainorum'' is a rare species of
foliose lichen in the family
Peltigeraceae. Found in
Puerto Rico, it was
formally described as a new species in 2020 by Joel Mercado‐Díaz and
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking (born 1964) is a German lichenologist. He is a leading expert on foliicolous lichens–lichens that live on leaves.
Life and career
Born in Ulm in 1964, Lücking earned both his master's (1990) and PhD degree (1994) at the Univer ...
. The
type specimen was collected by the first author in
Toro Negro State Forest
Toro Negro State Forest (Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro'') is one of the 21 forests that make up the public forests system in Puerto Rico. It is also Puerto Rico's highest cloud forest. It is in the Cordillera Central region of the is ...
at an elevation of . It is only known to occur on a few trees in high-elevation forests on the eastern part of the island, near
Pico Doña Juana. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
refers to the indigenous
Taíno people.
References
tainorum
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2020
Lichens of the Caribbean
Taxa named by Robert Lücking
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