Sampling and identification of collections

DNA extraction and loci amplification

Molecular phylogenetic analyses

Evolutionary tree for all fruticose Ramalinaceae and age calibration

Evolutionary tree for the genera Niebla and Vermilacinia

Species delimitation analyses within Niebla and Vermilacinia

Evolutionary tree for Ramalina s.l

Evolutionary tree for all fruticose Ramalinaceae and age calibration (Fig. )

Evolutionary tree for the genera Niebla and Vermilacinia and species delimitation

Evolutionary tree for the genera Namibialina and Ramalina (Fig. )

Phylogeny of fruticose genera in the Ramalinaceae

Time calibration and biogeographical patterns

Phylogenies of the genera Niebla and Vermilacinia and species delimitation

Insights into the species diversity of Niebla and Vermilacinia

Phylogeny of the genus Namibialina (Fig. )

Phylogeny of the genus Ramalina (Fig. )

1 Namibialina: a new genus for “Trichoramalina melanothrix”

2 Niebla

3 Ramalina

4 Vermilacinia

Key to saxicolous and terricolous species of Vermilacinia