Graphis sitapurensis

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| authority = Makhija & Adaw. (2005)

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Graphis sitapurensis is a species of script lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found on the Andaman Islands, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by Urmila Makhija and Bharati Adawadkar. The type specimen was collected from a moist deciduous forest in Sitapur (Diglipur Range, North Andaman Island). The species epithet refers to the type locality. The ascomata (fruiting bodies) of the lichen are in the form of {{lichengloss|lirellae}}, which are elongated and irregularly branched with a concealed {{lichengloss|disc}}; this particular set of characteristics is known as the deserpens-morph.

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{{Catalogue of Life |id=6KRN7 |title=Graphis sitapurensis Makhija & Adaw. |access-date=19 March 2022}}

{{cite journal |last1=Makhija |first1=Urmila |last2=Adawadkar |first2=Bharati |year=2005 |title=Some new species of Graphis (lichenised Ascomycota) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=91 |pages=369–379 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0091/0369.htm}}

{{cite journal |authorlink1=Robert Lücking |last=Lücking |first=Robert |authorlink2=Alan W. Archer |last2=Archer |first2=Alan W. |authorlink3=André Aptroot |last3=Aptroot |first3=André |title=A world-wide key to the genus Graphis (Ostropales: Graphidaceae) |journal=The Lichenologist |volume=41 |issue=4 |year=2009 |doi=10.1017/s0024282909008305 |pages=363–452}}

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sitapurensis

Category:Lichen species

Category:Lichens described in 2005

Category:Lichens of Indo-China