Identification key to the lichen species of the parmelioid clade in Kenya

Of the c. 900 lichen species known from Kenya, 178 belong to the parmelioid clade. Several of these parmelioid taxa require further revisionary studies. An identification key to the species of the parmelioid clade, based on updated nomenclature, is produced to support the practical work in collecting and selecting certain parmelioid lichens for further research. A new combination Parmotrema nyasense (C. W. Dodge) R. S. Egan comb. nov. in Egan et al., Bibliotheca Lichenologica 110, 383 (2016) is published here by R. S. Egan.

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This study focused on the classification and naming of lichens in Kenya, with 178 species belonging to the parmelioid clade. An identification key was created to support further research, and a new combination species was published.