''Hypotrachyna anzeana'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It occurs in the Andes of

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and

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, where it grows over

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

cushions on

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s at an elevation of . The

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honours the collector of the type specimen, the environmental biologist Rafael Anze Martin.

References

anzeana Lichen species Lichens described in 2009 Lichens of Bolivia Lichens of Colombia Taxa named by John Alan Elix Taxa named by Thomas Hawkes Nash III Taxa named by Harrie Sipman {{Parmeliaceae-stub