Anzia rhabdorhiza Li S. Wang & M. M. Liang is found to be a species new to science from Hengduan Mountains in southwest China. It is characterized by long and thick rhizines covered with spongiostratum, a central chondroid band in the medulla, and production of atranorin and divaricatic acid. The new species belongs to the Sect. Nervosae of Anzia.
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