Dirina approximata is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Roccellaceae. It was formally described by Alexander Zahlbruckner in 1931.[2] It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, where it grows on the bark of various trees and shrubs. Its sister species is Dirina sorocarpa, which is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands; Anders Tehler suggests that the large disjunct distribution between the two is the result of "ancient long distance dispersal event".[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
| Order: | Arthoniales |
| Family: | Roccellaceae |
| Genus: | Dirina |
| Species: | D. approximata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dirina approximata Zahlbr. (1931)
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References
edit- ^ "Synonymy.Current Name: Dirina approximata Zahlbr., Annls mycol. 29: 78 (1931)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Zahlbruckner, A. (1931). "Neue Flechten: X". Annales Mycologici (in German). 29 (1–2): 75–86 [78].
- ^ Tehler, Anders; Ertz, Damien; Irestedt, Martin (2013). "The genus Dirina (Roccellaceae, Arthoniales) revisited". The Lichenologist. 45 (4): 427–476. doi:10.1017/s0024282913000121.
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