Sierra Nevada (Spain), the southernmost European locality for the polar-alpine Umbilicaria aprina and U. virginis

• Leopoldo G. Sancho ^[2] ; Ana Aramburu ^[2] ; Ana Pintado ^[2] ; Manuel Casares ^[1] ; José Raggio ^[2] ; David Sánchez-Pescador ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad de Granada

     Universidad de Granada

     Granada, España

     
  2. [2] Complutense University. Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy.
• Localización: Mediterranean Botany, ISSN-e 2603-9109, Nº. 43, 2022
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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.