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Phycolepidozia exigua

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Genus of liverworts

Phycolepidozia exigua
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Lophoziales
Family: Cephaloziellaceae
Genus: Phycolepidozia
Species: P. exigua
Binomial name
Phycolepidozia exigua
R.M.Schust.

Phycolepidozia exigua is a species of liverwort in the family Cephaloziellaceae. It was thought to be the only species in the genus until a new species from India, Phycolepidozia indica, was found in 2014. Phycolepidozia exigua is endemic to Dominica, where it is critically endangered. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The species is unique among the leafy liverworts in the extreme reduction of its lateral leaves. These leaves consist of only two cells at maturity, so that plants are essentially leafless.

References

  1. ^ Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Phycolepidozia exigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T39208A10174964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39208A10174964.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1966). "Studies on Hepaticae, XXVIII. On Phycolepidozia, a new, highly reduced genus of Jungermanniales of questionable affinity". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 93 (6): 437–449. doi:10.2307/2483417. JSTOR 2483417.
  3. Gradstein, S.R.; Laenen, B.; Frahm, J-P.; Schwarz, U.; Crandall-Stotler, B.J.; Engel, J.J.; von Konrat, M.; Stotler, R.E.; Shaw, B.; Shaw, A.J. (2014). "On the taxonomic status of the enigmatic Phycolepidoziaceae (Marchantiophyta: Jungermanniales) with description of a new species, Phycolepidozia indica". Taxon. 63: 498–508.
  4. Schuster, Rudolf M. (1969). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. II. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 4.

External links

Data related to Phycolepidozia exigua at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Phycolepidozia exigua


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