Pradeep Kumar Divakar

Pradeep Kumar Divakar, Indian lichenologist.

IPNI Standard Form: Divakar

Adress:

Lichenology Laboratory

Plant Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Division

National Botanical Research Institute

Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, India

Taxon names authored

• 65 taxon names authored by Pradeep Kumar Divakar

Publications

• Blanco, O., Crespo, A., Divakar, P.K., Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of parmotremoid lichens (Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae). Mycologia 97(1): 150–159. DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832848
• Upreti, D.K., Divakar, P.K. & Nayaka, S. 2005. Commercial and Ethnic Use of Lichens in India. Economic Botany 59(3): 269–273. DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0269:CAEUOL]2.0.CO;2
• Divakar, P.K., Molina, M.C., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A. 2005. Parmelia barrenoae, a new lichen species related to Parmelia sulcata (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. The Lichenologist 37: 37–46. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282904014641
• Divakar, P.K. & Upreti, D.K. 2005. A new species in Melanohalea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycotina) and new lichen records from India. The Lichenologist 37: 511–517. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282905015215
• Divakar, P.K. & Upreti, D.K. 2006. Notes on some new records and new species of cetrarioid lichens from India. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 150, 249–251. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00455.x
• Gutiérrez, G., Blanco, O., Divakar, P.K., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A. 2007. Patterns of Group I Intron Presence in Nuclear SSU rDNA of the Lichen Family Parmeliaceae. Journal of Molecular Evolution 64(2): 181–195. DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0313-y