Definition of Usnea. Meaning of Usnea. Synonyms of Usnea

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Definition of Usnea

Usnea
Usnea Us"ne*a, n. [NL., from Ar. usnah moss.] (Bot.) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
Usnea
Usnic Us"nic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).

Meaning of Usnea from wikipedia

- Usnea is a genus of fruticose lichens in the large family Parmeliaceae. The genus, which currently contains roughly 130 species, was established by Michel...
- Ramalina usnea is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), fruticose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. It grows on tree bark across the Americas and...
- Usnea is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was described as a new species in 1925 by Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio...
- Usnea filipendula, the fishbone beard lichen, is a pale gray-green fruticose lichen with a pendant growth form, growing in up to 20 cm many-branching...
- Usnea scabrida is a foliose lichen that grows from holdfasts on trees. It occurs in southwest Western Australia. It is a very pale grayish-yellowish green...
- Usnea oreophila is a little-known species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Found in high-altitude regions of Brazil...
- Usnea glabrescens is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It grows on bark, has a shrubby thallus with a blackened base, and a thick...
- Usnea florida is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and later reclassified by Friedrich Heinrich...
- Usnea galapagona is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. The lichen is easily recognized by its...
- Usnea amblyoclada (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr. (1930) Usnea angulata Ach. (1814) Usnea antarctica Du Rietz (1926) Usnea aranea Truong & P.Clerc (2016) Usnea articulata...