Global InformationNiebla suffnessii information
| Niebla suffnessii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Niebla |
| Species: | N. suffnessii
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| Binomial name | |
| Niebla suffnessii Spjut (1996)
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Niebla suffnessii is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks along the foggy Pacific Coast of North America within the Vizcaíno Desert region of Baja California.[1] The epithet, suffnessii, is in honor of Matthew Suffness[2] who was Chief of the Natural Products Branch in the National Cancer Institute during the late 1970s to mid 1980s, and later a coordinator of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contracts for the drug discovery groups, and who also encouraged the screening of lichens and bryophytes in the search for new anticancer drugs.[3]
- ^ Spjut, R. W. 1996. Niebla and Vermilacinia (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14
- ^ Matt Suffness Award, American Society of Pharmacognosy, http://www.pharmacognosy.us/grants-and-awards/grants-and-awards-archive/matt-suffness-award/
- ^ Spjut, R. W., M. Suffness, G. M. Cragg, and D. H. Norris. 1986. Mosses, liverworts and hornworts screened for antitumor agents. Econ. Bot. 40: 310–338.