Data from: Sticta deyana: a new endemic photomorphic lichen from the imperiled Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of eastern North America

An intensive lichen biodiversity inventory of the imperiled Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of eastern North America resulted in the discovery of a new species of the ecologically sensitive macrolichen genus Sticta. The species is formally described as S. deyana based on a combination of molecular and morphological data. It is most similar to the southern Appalachian endemic S. fragilinata, differing in its diminutive thallus, narrower lobes, and allopatric distribution. All but one population of S. deyana occurs within the Dare Regional Biodiversity Hotspot of coastal North Carolina and within the most conservative estimated sea-level rise by 2100.

针对北美东部受威胁的大西洋中部沿海平原开展的集约式地衣生物多样性普查，发现了生态敏感型大型地衣属星叶衣属（Sticta）的一个新物种。该物种结合分子与形态学数据，以S. deyana为学名正式发表。它与阿巴拉契亚南部特有种S. fragilinata亲缘关系最为接近，区别在于其叶状体体型更小、裂片更窄，且分布格局为异地分布。除一个种群外，S. deyana的所有种群均分布于北卡罗来纳州沿海的戴尔地区生物多样性热点区内，且处于2100年最保守预估的海平面上升影响范围之内。