Journal
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 85-98Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9142-6
Keywords
biodiversity; distribution areas; lichens; lichenized fungi; molecular data
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The similarity of lichenized fungal species composition among the 35 floristic regions recognized by Takhtajan was calculated, based on checklists of 132 geographical units and a first draft of a global checklist of lichens and allied fungi (which lists 18,882 species) to assess biogeographic and biodiversity patters of lichenized fungi. A nearest-neighbour cluster analysis of pair-wise comparisons of species composition data (Jaccard index of similarity) from these geographical units is presented. Four main geographical regions were identified: holarctic, subantarctic/Australian, oceanian, and pantropical. Possible changes of the global species number caused by increasing availability of molecular data are discussed. A prospect on future developments of lichen biodiversity research is provided.
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