Phycolepidozia
| Phycolepidozia exigua | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Jungermanniales |
| Family: | Phycolepidoziaceae R.M. Schust.[1] |
| Genus: | Phycolepidozia R.M. Schust.[1] |
| Species: | P. exigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Phycolepidozia exigua R.M. Schust.[1] | |
Phycolepidozia exigua is the only species of liverwort in the genus Phycolepidozia and family Phycolepidoziaceae. It is endemic to Dominica, where it is critically endangered.[2] 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.[1] These leaves consist of only two cells at maturity, so that plants are essentially leafless.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Phycolepidozia exigua". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2007-08-23. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1969). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America II. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 4.
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