Marsupidium epiphytum

Marsupidium epiphytum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Acrobolbaceae
Genus: Marsupidium
Species: M. epiphytum
Binomial name
Marsupidium epiphytum
Colenso[1]

Marsupidium epiphytum is a liverwort species in the genus Marsupidium from the New Zealand.[2]

Prenylated bibenzyls can be isolated from M. epiphytum.[3]

References

  1. Marsupidium epiphytum on Te Papa New Zealand’s national museum website
  2. Engel, J.J.; Glenny, D. 2008: Austral Hepaticae 44. A revision of Marsupidium Mitt. for New Zealand. Nova Hedwigia, 87: 277-313.
  3. Toyota, Masao; Omatsu, Ikuko; Braggins, John; Asakawa, Yoshinori (2011). "Novel Prenyl Bibenzyls from the New Zealand Liverwort Marsupidium epiphytum". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin 59 (4): 480–3. doi:10.1248/cpb.59.480. PMID 21467678.
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