Hymenophyton

Hymenophyton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Hymenophytaceae
Genus: Hymenophyton
Dumortier[1]
Species

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Hymenophyton is a genus of the order Metzgeriales (liverworts) containing one to three species. The genus has been described as monotypic, with all members possessing a close morphological resemblance, but phytochemical and molecular evidence supports an infrageneric classification two separate species. The name Hymenophyton leptopodum, regarded as a synonym of Hymenophyton flabellatum, has been resurrected. [2] A population found in Chile is regarded as a separate clade, and the reinstatement of Hymenophyton pedicellatum has been proposed.[3]

References

  1. Dumortier, 1835. Rec. Observ. : 25.
  2. Pfeiffer, Tanja (2000). "Molecular relationship of Hymenophyton species (Metzgeriidae, Hepaticophytina) in New Zealand and Tasmania. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 5". New Zealand Journal of Botany (The Royal Society of New Zealand) 38 (3): 415–423. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2000.9512693.
  3. Pfeiffer, Tanja; Schaumann, Friederike; G. Hässel deMenéndez, Gabriela; Frey, Wolfgang (2004). "Inter- and infraspecific relationships in the Gondwanan liverwort genus Hymenophyton (Hymenophytaceae, Hepaticophytina). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 23" (PDF). Australian Systematic Botany 17 (4): 407–421. doi:10.1071/SB03022.
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