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Sticta variabilis Ach.

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sticta variabilis Ach.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes (LIAS) in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Sticta variabilis
Species recognized by Australia Species List, Brazil Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Reunion Species List, Uruguay Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, and wikipedia SZL
Sticta variabilis Ach.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and GBIF national node type records UK
Sticta variabilis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz and Barcode of Life Data Systems
Sticta variabilis Ach.
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Alternative Names

Lichen variabilis Bory
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes (LIAS) in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lichen variabilis Bory
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Sticta variabilis var. variabilis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sticta variabilis var. cinerata Zahlbr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lichen filix variabilis (Ach.) Lam.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lichen variabilis Bory
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lichen variabilis Bory
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lobaria variabilis (Ach.) Trevis.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Stictina variabilis (Ach.) Cromb.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

There are no common names associated with this taxon.

Curated hierarchies for Sticta variabilis Ach.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Nucletmycea
Fungi
Dikarya
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Peltigerales
Lobariaceae
Sticta
Sticta variabilis Ach. (this page)
Sticta ainoae D. J. Galloway & J. Pickering
Sticta alpinotropica Aptroot
Sticta babingtonii D. J. Galloway
Sticta baileyi D. J. Galloway
Sticta beauvoisii Delise
Sticta brevipes (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
Sticta caliginosa D. J. Galloway
Sticta camarae Müll. Arg.
Sticta caperata (Nyl.) Nyl.
Sticta carolinensis T. McDonald
Sticta caulescens De Not.
Sticta cinereoglauca Hook. fil. & Taylor
Sticta colinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta cyphellulata (Müll. Arg.) Hue
Sticta diversa (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta duplolimbata (Hue) Vain.
Sticta filix (Sw.) Nyl.
Sticta fragilinata T. McDonald
Sticta hypopsila (Mont.) Cromb.
Sticta hypopsiloides Nyl.
Sticta lacera (Hook. fil. & Taylor) Müll. Arg.
Sticta latifrons A. Rich.
Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach.
Sticta lineariloba (Mont.) Nyl.
Sticta longipes (Müll. Arg.) Malme
Sticta marginifera Mont.
Sticta martinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta myrioloba (Müll. Arg.) D. J. Galloway
Sticta oroborealis Goward & Tønsberg
Sticta pedunculata Kremp.
Sticta pilosella (Malme) Darb.
Sticta rutilans (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta santessonii D. J. Galloway
Sticta sayeri Müll. Arg.
Sticta squamata D. J. Galloway
Sticta stipitata C. Knight ex F. Wilson
Sticta sublimbata (J. Steiner) Swinscow & Krog
Sticta subtomentella (C. Knight ex Shirley) Zahlbr.
Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.
Sticta tesselata Øvstedal
Sticta venosa Lücking, Moncada & Robayo
Sticta wrightii Tuck.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Fungi
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Peltigerales
Lobariaceae
Sticta
Sticta variabilis Ach. (this page)
Sticta acyphellata B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta alpinotropica Aptroot
Sticta andina B. Moncada, Lücking & Sérus.
Sticta antoniana B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta arachnofuliginosa B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta arbuscula B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta arbusculotomentosa B. Moncada & Betanc.
Sticta atlantica Magain & Sérus.
Sticta atroandensis B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta baileyi D. J. Galloway
Sticta borinquensis Merc.-Díaz & Lücking
Sticta brevior B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta brevipes (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
Sticta caliginosa D. J. Galloway
Sticta camarae Müll. Arg.
Sticta canariensis (Bory) Bory ex Delise
Sticta caperata (Nyl.) Nyl.
Sticta carolinensis T. McDonald
Sticta cerradensis T. D. Barbosa, J.-M. Torres, Kitaura & A. P. Lorenz
Sticta ciliata Taylor
Sticta corymbosa Merc.-Díaz & Lücking
Sticta cyphellulata (Müll. Arg.) Hue
Sticta dendroides (Nyl.) B. Moncada, Lücking & de Lange
Sticta densiphyllidiata Merc.-Díaz & Lücking
Sticta deyana Lendemer & Goffinet
Sticta diversa (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta duplolimbata (Hue) Vain.
Sticta emmanueliana B. Moncada, Lücking & Lumbsch
Sticta filix (Sw.) Nyl.
Sticta flavireagens (Gyeln.) Diederich & Ertz
Sticta flavocyphellata D. J. Galloway
Sticta flynnii B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta fragilinata T. McDonald
Sticta fuliginoides Magain & Sérus.
Sticta fuliginosa (With.) Ach.
Sticta fuscotomentosa B. Moncada, Coca & Lücking
Sticta gallowayana B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta globulifuliginosa B. Moncada, A. Suárez & Lücking
Sticta guilartensis Merc.-Díaz & Lücking
Sticta harrisii Merc.-Díaz, Moncada & Lücking
Sticta hawaiiensis B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta howei D. J. Galloway
Sticta humboldtii Hook.
Sticta hypopsiloides Nyl.
Sticta indica D. D. Awasthi & Upreti
Sticta isidiokunthii B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta jaguirreana B. Moncada, A. Suárez & Lücking
Sticta laciniosa D. J. Galloway
Sticta latifrons A. Rich.
Sticta leucoblephara (Müll. Arg.) D. J. Galloway
Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach.
Sticta lobarioides B. Moncada & Coca
Sticta lumbschiana B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta macrocyphellata B. Moncada & Coca
Sticta macrofuliginosa B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta macrothallina B. Moncada & Coca
Sticta maculofuliginosa B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta marginifera Mont.
Sticta martinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta mexicana D. J. Galloway
Sticta microcyphellata B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta minutula B. Moncada, A. Suárez & Lücking
Sticta myrioloba (Müll. Arg.) D. J. Galloway
Sticta nashii D. J. Galloway
Sticta neopulmonarioides B. Moncada & Coca
Sticta papillata B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta parahumboldtii B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta parvilobata Merc.-Díaz & Lücking
Sticta pedunculata Kremp.
Sticta phyllidiokunthii B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta plumbeociliata B. Moncada, A. Suárez & Lücking
Sticta porella J.-M. Torres, T. D. Barbosa & Kitaura
Sticta pseudohumboldtii B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta pseudoimpressula Ossowska, Kukwa, B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta pseudolobaria B. Moncada & Coca
Sticta pulmonarioides B. Moncada & Coca
Sticta rhizinata B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta riparia Merc.-Díaz & Lücking
Sticta rubropruinosa B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta rutilans (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta sayeri Müll. Arg.
Sticta scabrosa B. Moncada, Merc.-Díaz & Bungartz
Sticta silverstonei B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta sinuosa Pers.
Sticta stipitata C. Knight
Sticta subfilicinella B. Moncada, Coca & Lücking
Sticta sublimbata (J. Steiner) Swinscow & Krog
Sticta subtomentella (C. Knight ex Shirley) Zahlbr.
Sticta swartzii D. J. Galloway
Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.
Sticta tainorum Merc.-Díaz & Lücking
Sticta tatamana B. Moncada & Coca
Sticta tesselata Øvstedal
Sticta torii Ant. Simon & Goward
Sticta tunjensis B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta venosa Lücking, B. Moncada & Robayo
Sticta viviana Alej. Suárez & Lücking
Sticta waikamoi B. Moncada & Lücking
Sticta weigelii (Ach.) Vain.
Sticta xanthotropa (Kremp.) D. J. Galloway
13 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Nucletmycea
Fungi
Dikarya
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Peltigerales
Lobariaceae
Sticta
Sticta variabilis Ach. (this page)
Sticta ainoae D. J. Galloway & J. Pickering
Sticta alpinotropica Aptroot
Sticta babingtonii D. J. Galloway
Sticta baileyi D. J. Galloway
Sticta beauvoisii Delise
Sticta brevipes (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
Sticta caliginosa D. J. Galloway
Sticta camarae Müll. Arg.
Sticta caperata (Nyl.) Nyl.
Sticta carolinensis T. McDonald
Sticta caulescens De
Sticta cinereoglauca Hook. fil. & Taylor
Sticta colinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta cyphellulata (Müll. Arg.) Hue
Sticta diversa (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta duplolimbata (Hue) Vain.
Sticta filix (Sw.) Nyl.
Sticta fragilinata T. McDonald
Sticta hypopsila (Mont.) Cromb.
Sticta hypopsiloides Nyl.
Sticta lacera (Hook. fil. & Taylor) Müll. Arg.
Sticta latifrons A. Rich.
Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach.
Sticta lineariloba (Mont.) Nyl.
Sticta longipes (Müll. Arg.) Malme
Sticta marginifera Mont.
Sticta martinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta myrioloba (Müll. Arg.) D. J. Galloway
Sticta pedunculata Kremp.
Sticta pilosella (Malme) Darb.
Sticta rutilans (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta santessonii D. J. Galloway
Sticta sayeri Müll. Arg.
Sticta squamata D. J. Galloway
Sticta stipitata C. Knight ex F. Wilson
Sticta sublimbata (J. Steiner) Swinscow & Krog
Sticta subtomentella (C. Knight ex Shirley) Zahlbr.
Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.
Sticta tesselata Øvstedal
Sticta venosa Lücking, Moncada & Robayo

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Nucletmycea
Fungi
Dikarya
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Peltigerales
Lobariaceae
Sticta
Sticta variabilis Ach. (this page)
Sticta ainoae D. J. Galloway & J. Pickering
Sticta alpinotropica Aptroot
Sticta babingtonii D. J. Galloway
Sticta baileyi D. J. Galloway
Sticta beauvoisii Delise
Sticta brevipes (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
Sticta caliginosa D. J. Galloway
Sticta camarae Müll. Arg.
Sticta caperata (Nyl.) Nyl.
Sticta carolinensis T. Mc Donald
Sticta caulescens De Not.
Sticta cinereoglauca Hook. fil. & Taylor
Sticta colinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta cyphellulata (Müll. Arg.) Hue
Sticta diversa (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta duplolimbata (Hue) Vain.
Sticta filix (Sw.) Nyl.
Sticta fragilinata T. Mc Donald
Sticta hypopsila (Mont.) Cromb.
Sticta hypopsiloides Nyl.
Sticta lacera (Hook. fil. & Taylor) Müll. Arg.
Sticta latifrons A. Rich.
Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach.
Sticta lineariloba (Mont.) Nyl.
Sticta longipes (Müll. Arg.) Malme
Sticta marginifera Mont.
Sticta martinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta myrioloba (Müll. Arg.) D. J. Galloway
Sticta oroborealis Goward & Tønsberg
Sticta pedunculata Kremp.
Sticta pilosella (Malme) Darb.
Sticta rutilans (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta santessonii D. J. Galloway
Sticta sayeri Müll. Arg.
Sticta squamata D. J. Galloway
Sticta stipitata C. Knight ex F. Wilson
Sticta sublimbata (J. Steiner) Swinscow & Krog
Sticta subtomentella (C. Knight ex Shirley) Zahlbr.
Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.
Sticta tesselata Øvstedal
Sticta venosa Lücking, Moncada & Robayo
Sticta wrightii Tuck.

GBIF classification

Fungi
Ascomycota
Lecanoromycetes
Peltigerales
Lobariaceae
Sticta (Schreb.) Ach.
Sticta variabilis Ach. (this page)
Sticta ainoae D. J. Galloway & J. Pickering
Sticta alpinotropica Aptroot
Sticta ambavillaria (Bory) Ach.
Sticta andensis (Nyl.) Trevis.
Sticta arctica Degel.
Sticta babingtonii D. J. Galloway
Sticta baileyi D. J. Galloway
Sticta beauvoisii Delise
Sticta boliviana Nyl.
Sticta boschiana Jungh.
Sticta brevipes (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
Sticta caliginosa D. J. Galloway
Sticta camarae Müll. Arg.
Sticta canariensis (Ach.) Bory ex Delise
Sticta caperata (Nyl.) Nyl.
Sticta carolinensis T. Mc Donald
Sticta caulescens De Not.
Sticta ciliaris Mont. & Bosch
Sticta ciliata Taylor
Sticta cinereoglauca Hook. fil. & Taylor
Sticta colinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta cometia Ach.
Sticta corifolia
Sticta cyphellulata (Müll. Arg.) Hue
Sticta dichotoma Delise
Sticta dichotomoides Nyl.
Sticta dilatata (Nyl.) Vain.
Sticta diversa (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta dufourii Delise
Sticta duplolimbata (Hue) Vain.
Sticta durvillei
Sticta filicina Ach.
Sticta filix (Sw.) Nyl.
Sticta flabelliformis Zahlbr.
Sticta formosana Zahlbr.
Sticta fragilinata T. Mc Donald
Sticta fuliginoides N. Magain & E. Sérus. 2015
Sticta fuliginosa (Dicks.) Ach.
Sticta gaudichaldia Delise
Sticta gaudichaudii Delise
Sticta gracilis (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr.
Sticta gyalocarpa (Nyl.) Trevis.
Sticta henryana Zahlbr.
Sticta hypopsila (Mont.) Cromb.
Sticta hypopsiloides Nyl.
Sticta hypsiloides Nyl. 1861
Sticta ignambensis Vain.
Sticta insinuans Nyl.
Sticta javanica
Sticta karstenii
Sticta kunthii Hook. fil.
Sticta lacera (Hook. fil. & Taylor) Müll. Arg.
Sticta laciniata (Sw.) Ach.
Sticta latifrons A. Rich.
Sticta leucoblephara (Müll. Arg.) D. J. Galloway
Sticta leucoblepharis Mont.
Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach.
Sticta lineariloba (Mont.) Nyl.
Sticta lobariaeformis Vain. 1924
Sticta longipes (Müll. Arg.) Malme
Sticta lumbschiana Moncada & Lücking 2013
Sticta macrophylla Del.
Sticta marginifera Mont.
Sticta martinii D. J. Galloway
Sticta myrioloba (Müll. Arg.) D. J. Galloway
Sticta neocaledonica (Müll. Arg.) Hue
Sticta nylanderiana Zahlbr.
Sticta obvoluta Delise
Sticta orbicularis (A. Braun ex Meyen & Flot.) Hue
Sticta oroborealis Goward & Tønsberg
Sticta papyracea Delise
Sticta pedunculata Kremp.
Sticta peltigerella (Nyl.) Trevis.
Sticta pilosella (Malme) Darb.
Sticta platyphylloides Nyl.
Sticta plumbea Mong. ex Delise 1822
Sticta pulvinata (Meyen & Flot.) Vain.
Sticta rainierensis
Sticta rutilans (Stirt.) Zahlbr.
Sticta santessonii D. J. Galloway
Sticta sayeri Müll. Arg.
Sticta sinuosa Pers.
Sticta squamata D. J. Galloway
Sticta stipitata C. Knight ex F. Wilson
Sticta strictula (Delise) Trevis.
Sticta subcaperata (Nyl.) Nyl.
Sticta sublimbata (J. Steiner) Swinscow & Krog
Sticta submarginifera Zahlbr.
Sticta subscrobiculata (Nyl.) Gyeln.
Sticta subtomentella (C. Knight ex Shirley) Zahlbr.
Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.
Sticta tesselata Øvstedal
Sticta tomentosa (Sw.) Ach.
Sticta torii Simon & Goward 2018
Sticta umbilicariformis
Sticta venosa Lücking, Moncada & Robayo
Sticta weigelii (Ach.) Vainio
Sticta wrightii Tuck.
Sticta yatabeana Müll. Arg.
Sticta zahlbruckneri B. de Lesd.
29 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Fungi
Dikarya
Ascomycota
saccharomyceta
Pezizomycotina
leotiomyceta
Lecanoromycetes
OSLEUM clade
Lecanoromycetidae
Peltigerales
Peltigerineae
Lobariaceae
Sticta
Sticta variabilis (this page)
Sticta
Sticta ainoae
Sticta ambavillaria
Sticta andensis
Sticta andina
Sticta arachnofuliginosa
Sticta arachnosylvatica
Sticta arbuscula
Sticta arbusculotomentosa
Sticta atlantica
Sticta atroandensis
Sticta babingtonii
Sticta beauvoisii
Sticta brevior
Sticta caliginosa
Sticta canariensis
Sticta caperata
Sticta carolinensis
Sticta caulescens
Sticta ciliata
Sticta cinereoglauca
Sticta cometia
Sticta cometiella
Sticta crispata
Sticta crocata
Sticta cyphellulata
Sticta damicornis
Sticta dendroides
Sticta deyana
Sticta dichotoma
Sticta dilatata
Sticta duplolimbata
Sticta filix
Sticta fragilinata
Sticta fuliginoides
Sticta fuliginosa
Sticta fuscotomentosa
Sticta gallowayana
Sticta gaudichaudia
Sticta globulifuliginosa
Sticta gracilis
Sticta gyalocarpa
Sticta hirsutofuliginosa
Sticta hirta
Sticta humboldtii
Sticta hypochroa
Sticta impressula
Sticta isidiokunthii
Sticta jaguirreana
Sticta lacera
Sticta laciniata
Sticta laevis
Sticta latifrons
Sticta leucoblepharis
Sticta limbata
Sticta lobarioides
Sticta lumbschiana
Sticta macrocyphellata
Sticta macrofuliginosa
Sticta macrophylla
Sticta macrothallina
Sticta maculofuliginosa
Sticta martinii
Sticta menziesii
Sticta minutula
Sticta multifida
Sticta neopulmonarioides
Sticta nylanderiana
Sticta papillata
Sticta parahumboldtii
Sticta paramuna
Sticta phyllidiofuliginosa
Sticta phyllidiokunthii
Sticta plumbea
Sticta plumbeociliata
Sticta pseudohumboldtii
Sticta pseudolobaria
Sticta pulmonarioides
Sticta rhizinata
Sticta squamata
Sticta stipitata
Sticta subcaperata
Sticta subfilicinella
Sticta sublimbata
Sticta subscrobiculata
Sticta sylvatica
Sticta tatamana
Sticta tomentosa
Sticta torii
Sticta tunjensis
Sticta umbilicariiformis
Sticta viviana
Sticta weigelii
Sticta yatabeana
unclassified Sticta

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Fungi
Dikarya
Ascomycota
Pezizomycotina
Lecanoromycetes
Lecanoromycetidae
Peltigerales
Lobariaceae
Sticta
Sticta variabilis (this page)
Sticta variabilis var. cinerata
Sticta variabilis var. lyalliana
Sticta variabilis var. polyschista
Sticta variabilis var. variabilis
Sticta acyphellata
Sticta adpressa
Sticta adscripta
Sticta aemulans
Sticta albidopallens
Sticta amphisticta
Sticta amphistictoides
Sticta amplissima
Sticta andreana
Sticta angustata
Sticta antarctica
Sticta antoniana
Sticta arvidssonii
Sticta aspera
Sticta asticta
Sticta atlantica
Sticta auratiformis
Sticta aurigera
Sticta aurora
Sticta aurulenta
Sticta austrobrasiliensis
Sticta baileyi
Sticta beauvoisii
Sticta biatora
Sticta bicolor
Sticta boliviana
Sticta borinquensis
Sticta bornetii
Sticta brevipes
Sticta callithamnia
Sticta camarae
Sticta caperata
Sticta carolinensis
Sticta carpolomoides
Sticta casarettiana
Sticta chiarinii
Sticta ciliaris
Sticta cinchonae
Sticta cinereoglaucoides
Sticta coerulescens
Sticta cometia
Sticta compar
Sticta congruens
Sticta contracta
Sticta copelandii
Sticta cordillerana
Sticta coriifolia
Sticta corrosa
Sticta corymbosa
Sticta crispata
Sticta cyathicarpa
Sticta cyphellulata
Sticta dactylocarpa
Sticta damicornifolia
Sticta delisea
Sticta demutabilis
Sticta densiphyllidiata
Sticta denudata
Sticta desfontainii
Sticta dissimulata
Sticta diversa
Sticta duplolimbata
Sticta emmanueliana
Sticta endochrysa
Sticta filix
Sticta flavissima
Sticta fragilinata
Sticta fuliginosa
Sticta fulvocinerea
Sticta glomulifera
Sticta hypoleuca
Sticta hypopsiloides
Sticta impressula
Sticta insculpta
Sticta karstenii
Sticta latifrons
Sticta limbata
Sticta luridoviolacea
Sticta marginifera
Sticta martinii
Sticta myrioloba
Sticta neglecta
Sticta pedunculata
Sticta podocarpa
Sticta purpurascens
Sticta quercizans
Sticta rigida
Sticta rubrina
Sticta rutilans
Sticta sayeri
Sticta shirleyana
Sticta stipitata
Sticta subcrocea
Sticta suberecta
Sticta sublimbata
Sticta suborbicularis
Sticta subtomentella
Sticta sylvatica
Sticta tesselata
Sticta xanthosticta
365 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.
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