Open AccessSierra Nevada (Spain), the southernmost European locality for the polar-alpine Umbilicaria aprina and U. virginis.
Author(s) -
Leopoldo G. Sancho,
Ana Aramburu,
Ana Pintado,
Manuel Casares,
José Raggio,
David S. Pescador
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mediterranean botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.189
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2603-9109
DOI - 10.5209/mbot.77925
Subject(s) - geography , glacial period , polar , geology , astronomy , paleontology , physics
Two strict polar-alpine Umbilicaria species (U. aprina and U. virginis) are reported growing together in Los Peñones de San Francisco. Other localities known on the highest summits of the Alps and Pyrenees are considered. We discussed the meaning of these isolated populations as glacial relicts.