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

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• 85 taxon names authored by Pradeep Kumar Divakar

Publications

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• Blanco, O., Crespo, A., Divakar, P.K., Esslinger, T.L., Hawksworth, D.L. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2004. Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. Mycological Research 108(8): 873–884. RLL List # 197 / Rec.# 26150 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000723 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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 . RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Molina, M.C., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A.M. 2005. Parmelia barrenoae, a new lichen species related to Parmelia sulcata (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. The Lichenologist 37(1): 37–46. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282904014641 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• 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. & 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
• Crespo, A., Kauff, F., Divakar, P.K., Del Prado, R., Pérez-Ortega, S., Amo de Paz, G., Ferencova, Z., Blanco, O., Roca-Valiente, B., Núñez-Zapata, J., Cubas, P., Argüello, A., Elix, J.A., Esslinger, T.L., Hawksworth, D.L., Millanes, A.M., Molina, M.C., Wedin, M., Ahti, T.T., Aptroot, A., Barreno, E., Bungartz, F., Calvelo, S., Candan, M., Cole, M.S., Ertz, D., Goffinet, B., Lindblom, L., Lücking, R., Lutzoni, F., Mattsson, J.-E., Messuti, M.I., Miądlikowska, J., Piercey-Normore, M., Rico, V.J., Sipman, H.J.M., Schmitt, I., Spribille, T., Thell, A., Thor, G., Upreti, D.K. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2010. Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence. Taxon 59(6): 1735–1753. DOI: 10.1002/tax.596008 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Crespo, A., Ferencova, Z., Pérez-Ortega, S., Elix, J.A. & Divakar, P.K. 2010. Austroparmelina, a new Australasian lineage in parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Systematics and Biodiversity 8(2): 209–221. DOI: 10.1080/14772001003738320 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Lumbsch, H.T., Ferencova, Z., Del Prado, R. & Crespo, A. 2010. Remototrachyna, a newly recognized tropical lineage of lichens in the Hypotrachyna clade (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota), originated in the Indian subcontinent. American Journal of Botany 97(4): 579–590. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900140 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Ahti, T.T., Altermann, S., Amo de Paz, G., Aptroot, A., Arup, U., Bárcenas-Peña, A., Bawingan, P.A., Benatti, M.N., Betancourt, L., Björk, C.R., Boonpragob, K., Brand, A.M., Bungartz, F., Caceres, M.E.S., Candan, M., Chaves, J.L., Clerc, P., Common, R.S., Coppins, B.J., Crespo, A., Dal Forno, M., Divakar, P.K., Duya, M.V., Elix, J.A., Elvebakk, A., Fankhauser, J.D., Farkas, E., Ferraro, L.I., Fischer, E., Galloway, D.J., Gaya, E., Giralt, M., Goward, T., Grube, M., Hafellner, J., Hernández, J.E., Herrera-Campos, M.A., Kalb, K., Kärnefelt, I., Kantvilas, G., Killmann, D., Kirika, P.M., Knudsen, K., Komposch, H., Kondratyuk, S.Y., Lawrey, J.D., Mangold, A., Marcelli, M.P., Mccune, B.P., Messuti, M.I., Michlig, A., Miranda-González, R., Moncada, B., Naikatini, A., Nelsen, M.P., Øvstedal, D.O., Palice, Z., Papong, K.B., Parnmen, S., Pérez-Ortega, S., Printzen, C., Rico, V.J., Plata, E.R., Robayo, J., Rosabal, D., Ruprecht, U., Allen, N.S., Sancho, L.G., De Jesus, L.S., Vieira, T.S., Schultz, M., Seaward, M.R.D., Sérusiaux, E., Schmitt, I., Sipman, H.J.M., Sohrabi, M., Søchting, U., Søgaard, M.Z., Sparrius, L.B., Spielmann, A.A., Spribille, T., Sutjaritturakan, J., Thammathaworn, A., Thell, A., Thor, G., Thüs, H., Timdal, E., Truong, C., Türk, R., Umaña-Tenorio, L., Upreti, D.K., Van den Boom, P., Rebuelta, M.V., Wedin, M., Will-Wolf, S., Wirth, V., Wirtz, N., Yahr, R., Yeshitela, K., Ziemmeck, F., Wheeler, T.B. & Lücking, R. 2011. One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity. Phytotaxa 18: 1–127. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.18.1.1 . Magnolia Press (PDF) Reference page. 
• Molina, M.C., Divakar, P.K., Millanes, A.M., Sánchez, E., Del Prado, R., Hawksworth, D.L. & Crespo, A.M. 2011. Parmelia sulcata (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae), a sympatric monophyletic species complex. The Lichenologist 43(6): 585–601. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000521 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Molina, M.C., Del Prado, R., Divakar, P.K., Sánchez-Mata, D. & Crespo, A.M. 2011. Another example of cryptic diversity in lichen-forming fungi: the new species Parmelia mayi (Ascomycota: Parmeliaceae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(5): 331–342. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0060-4 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Nelsen, M.P., Chavez, N., Sackett-Hermann, E., Thell, A., Randlane, T., Divakar, P.K., Rico, V.J. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2011. The cetrarioid core group revisited (Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae). The Lichenologist 43(6): 537–551. RLL List # 225 / Rec.# 33305 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000508 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Prado, R., Lumbsch, H.T., Wedin, M., Esslinger, T.L., Leavitt, S.D. & Crespo, A. 2012. Diversification of the newly recognized lichen-forming fungal lineage Montanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) and its relation to key geological and climatic events. American Journal of Botany 99(12): 2014–2026. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200258 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Núñez-Zapata, J., Flakus, A., Sipman, H.J.M., Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2013. A molecular perspective on generic concepts in the Hypotrachyna clade (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Phytotaxa 132(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.132.1.2 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Jayalal, U., Divakar, P.K., Joshi, S., Oh, S.-O., Koh, Y.-J. & Hur, J.-S. 2013. The Lichen Genus Parmotrema in South Korea. Mycobiology 41(1): 25–36. DOI: 10.5941/MYCO.2013.41.1.25 . Reference page. 
• Ferencová, Z., Cubas, P., Divakar, P.K., Molina, M.C. & Crespo, A. 2014. Notoparmelia, a new genus of Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) based on overlooked reproductive anatomical features, phylogeny and distribution pattern. The Lichenologist 46(1): 51–67. RLL List # 240 / Rec.# 36542 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282913000649 Reference page. 
• Boluda, C.G., Rico, V.J., Crespo, A., Divakar, P.K. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2015. Molecular sequence data from populations of Bryoria fuscescens s. lat. in the mountains of central Spain indicates a mismatch between haplotypes and chemotypes. The Lichenologist 47(5): 279–286. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282915000274 . Reference page. 
• Boluda, C.G., Divakar, P.K., Hawksworth, D.L., Villagra, J. & Rico, V.J. 2015. Molecular studies reveal a new species of Bryoria in Chile. The Lichenologist 47(6): 387–394. RLL List # 241 / Rec.# 36883 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282915000298 Reference page. 
• Kirika, P.M., Leavitt, S.D., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Gatheri, G.W., Mugambi, G. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2015. The monotypic genus Bulborrhizina belongs to Bulbothrix sensu lato (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). The Bryologist 118(2): 164–169. RLL List # 240 / Rec.# 36385 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-118.2.164 Reference page. 
• Alors, D., Lumbsch, H.T., Divakar, P.K., Leavitt, S.D. & Crespo, A. 2016. An Integrative Approach for Understanding Diversity in the Punctelia rudecta Species Complex (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). PLoS ONE 11(2): e0146537, 1–17. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146537 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Mugambi, G., Orock, E.A., Leavitt, S.D., Gatheri, G.W. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Phylogenetic studies uncover a predominantly African lineage in a widely distributed lichen-forming fungal species. MycoKeys 14: 1–16. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.14.8971 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Gatheri, G.W., Mugambi, G., Leavitt, S.D., Moncada, B. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Molecular data show that Hypotrachyna sorocheila (Parmeliaceae) is not monophyletic. The Bryologist 119(2): 172–180. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-119.2.172 . JSTOR . Reference page. 
• Leavitt, S.D., Esslinger, T.L., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2016. Hidden diversity before our eyes: Delimiting and describing cryptic lichen-forming fungal species in camouflage lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Fungal Biology 120(11): 1374–1391. RLL List # 245 / Rec.# 38257 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.06.001 Reference page. 
• Zhao, X., Leavitt S.D., Zhao, Z.-T., Zhang, L.-L., Arup, U., Grube, M., Pérez-Ortega, S., Printzen, C., Śliwa, L., Kraichak, E., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A. & Lumbsch, T.L. 2015 ['2016']. Towards a revised generic classification of lecanoroid lichens (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence. Fungal Diversity 78(1): 293–304. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-015-0354-5 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Kraichak, E., Leavitt, S.D., Singh, G., Schmitt, I. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Using a temporal phylogenetic method to harmonize family- and genus-level classification in the largest clade of lichen-forming fungi. Fungal Diversity 84(1): 101–117. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-017-0379-z . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kirika, P.M., Divakar, P.K., Leavitt, S.D., Buaruang, K., Crespo, A., Mugambi, G., Gatheri, G.W. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. The genus Relicinopsis is nested within Relicina (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). The Lichenologist 49(3): 189–197. RLL List # 247 / Rec.# 38980 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282916000748 RLL (PDF) Reference page. 
• Molina, M.C., Divakar, P.K., Goward, T., Millanes, A.M., Lumbsch, H.T. & Crespo, A.M. 2017 [2016]. Neogene diversification in the temperate lichen-forming fungal genus Parmelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(2): 166–181. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1226977 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wei, X.-L., Schmitt, I., Hodkinson, B.P., Flakus, A., Kukwa, M., Divakar, P.K., Kirika, P.M., Otte, J., Meiser, A. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2017. Circumscription of the genus Lepra, a recently resurrected genus to accommodate the “Variolaria”-group of Pertusaria sensu lato (Pertusariales, Ascomycota). PLoS ONE 12(7): e0180284, 1–14. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180284 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Zakeri, Z., Divakar, P.K. & Otte, V. 2017. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Aspiciliella, a resurrected genus of Megasporaceae, including the new species A. portosantana. Herzogia 30(1): 166–176. DOI: 10.13158/heia.30.1.2017.166 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Singh, G., Aptroot, A., Rico, V.J., Otte, J., Divakar, P.K., Crespo, A., Cáceres, M.E.S., Lumbsch, H.T. & Schmitt, I. 2018. Neoprotoparmelia gen. nov. and Maronina (Lecanorales, Protoparmelioideae): species description and generic delimitation using DNA barcodes and phenotypical characters. MycoKeys 44: 19–50. DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.44.29904 . Reference page. 
• Joshi, S., Upreti, D.K., Divakar, P.K., Lumbsch, H.T. & Lücking, R. 2018. A re-evaluation of thelotremoid Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) in India. The Lichenologist 50(6): 627–678. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282918000439 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Divakar, P.K., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Weerahewa, D., Delgado, G., Wang, Y. & Fu, L. 2018. Notes for genera update – Ascomycota: 6616–6821. Mycosphere 9(1): 115–140. DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/9/1/2 Mycosphere (PDF) Reference page. 
• Boluda, C.G., Rico, V.J., Divakar, P.K., Nadyeina, O.V., Myllys, L., McMullin, R.T., Zamora, J.C., Scheidegger, C. & Hawksworth, D.L. 2018 ['2019']. Evaluating methodologies for species delimitation: the mismatch between phenotypes and genotypes in lichenized fungi (Bryoria sect. Implexae, Parmeliaceae). Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 42: 75–100. DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2019.42.04 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Crespo, A., Rico, V.J., Garrido, E., Lumbsch, H.T. & Divakar, P.K. 2020. A revision of species of the Parmelia saxatilis complex in the Iberian Peninsula with the description of P. rojoi, a new potentially relict species. The Lichenologist 52(5): 365–376. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282920000341 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wijayawardene, N.N., Hyde, K.D., Al-Ani, L.K.T., Tedersoo, L., Haelewaters, D., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Zhao, R.-L., Aptroot, A., Leontyev, D.V., Saxena, R.K., Tokarev, Y.S., Dai, D.-Q., Letcher, P.M., Stephenson, S.L., Ertz, D., Lumbsch, H.T., Kukwa, M., Issi, I.V., Madrid, H., Phillips, A.J.L., Selbmann, L., Pfliegler, W.P., Horváth, E., Bensch, K., Kirk, P.M., Kolaříková, Z., Raja, H.A., Radek, R., Papp, V., Dima, B., Ma, J., Malosso, E., Takamatsu, S., Rambold, G., Gannibal, P.B., Triebel, D., Gautam, A.K., Avasthi, S., Suetrong, S., Timdal, E., Fryar, S.C., Delgado, G., Réblová, M., Doilom, M., Dolatabadi, S., Pawłowska, J., Humber, R.A., Kodsueb, R., Sánchez-Castro, I., Goto, B.T., da Silva, D.K.A., de Souza, F.A., Oehl, F., da Silva, G.A., da Silva, I.R., Błaszkowski, J., Jobim, K., Maia, L.C., Barbosa, F.R., Fiuza, P.O., Divakar, P.K., Shenoy, B.D., Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F., Somrithipol, S., Lateef, A.A., Karunarathna, S.C., Tibpromma, S., Mortimer, P.E., Wanasinghe, D.N., Phookamsak, R., Xu, J.-C., Wang, Y., Tian, F.-H., Alvarado, P., Li, D.-W., Kušan, I., Matočec, N., Mešić, A., Tkalčec, Z., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N., Papizadeh, M., Heredia, G., Wartchow, F., Bakhshi, M., Boehm, E., Youssef, N., Hustad, V.P., Lawrey, J.D., Santiago, A.L.C.M.A., Bezerra, J.D.P., Souza-Motta, C.M., Firmino, A.L., Tian, Q., Houbraken, J., Hongsanan, S., Tanaka, K., Dissanayake, A.J., Monteiro, J.S., Grossart, H.-P., Suija, A., Weerakoon, G., Etayo, J., Tsurykau, A., Vázquez, V., Mungai, P., Damm, U., Li, Q.-R., Zhang, H., Boonmee, S., Lu, Y.-Z., Becerra, A.G., Kendrick, B., Brearley, F.Q., Motiejūnaitė, J., Sharma, B., Khare, R., Gaikwad, S., Wijesundara, D.S.A., Tang, L.-Z., He, M.-Q., Flakus, A.G., Rodriguez-Flakus, P., Zhurbenko, M.P., McKenzie, E.H.C., Stadler, M., Bhat, D.J., Liu, J.-K., Raza, M., Jeewon, R., Nassonova, E.S., Prieto, M., Udeni Jayalal, R.G.U., Erdoğdu, M., Yurkov, A.M., Schnittler, M., Shchepin, O.N., Novozhilov, Y.K., Silva-Filho, A.G.S., Gentekaki, E., Liu, P., Cavender, J.C., Kang, Y.-Q., Sohrabi, M., Zhang, L.-F., Xu, R.-F., Li, Y.-M., Dayarathne, M.C., Ekanayaka, A.H., Wen, T.-C., Deng, C.-Y., Pereira, O.L., Navathe, S., Hawksworth, D.L., Fan, X.-L., Dissanayake, L.S., Kuhnert, E., Grossart, H.-P., Thines, M. 2020. Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 11(1): 1060–1456. DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . Reference page.