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Cetraria Icelandica
Iceland moss Ice"land moss` (Bot.) A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
Cetraria Islandica
Cetrarin Cet"ra*rin, n. [From Cetraria Islandica, the scientific name of Iceland moss.] (Chem.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.
Cetraria vulpina
Vulpic Vul"pic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid.

Meaning of Cetraria from wikipedia

- Cetraria is a genus of fruticose lichens that ****ociate with green algae as photobionts. Most species are found at high latitudes, occurring on sand or...
- Cetraria islandica, also known as true Iceland lichen or Iceland moss, is an Arctic-alpine lichen whose erect or upright, leaflike habit gives it the appearance...
- described by Erik Acharius in 1810, initially classified in the genus Cetraria. The species was later reclassified into the genera Nephromopsis and then...
- Cetraria laevigata is a species of ground-dwelling, fruticose (bushy) lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was formally described as a new species by...
- Cetraria australiensis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It occurs in Tasmania, Australia. William...
- Cetraria aculeata or the spiny Iceland lichen is a dark brown to black fruticose, soil Iceland lichen from the family Parmeliaceae. The species was first...
- Cetraria arenaria, commonly known as the sand-loving Iceland lichen, is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling), fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae...
- was first described in 1910 by Alexander Elenkin and Vsevolod Savich as Cetraria cucullata f. minuscula, based on specimens collected by I.M. Shchegolev...
- Tuckerman, who classified it in the genus Cetraria. His diagnosis of the species was as follows: "Cetraria oakesiana is characterized by a somewhat leathery...
- Platismatia tuckermanii was first formally described as a species of Cetraria in 1843 by American botanist William Oakes. The species epithet honours...