Vandiemenia
| Vandiemenia ratkowskiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Metzgeriales |
| Family: | Metzgeriaceae |
| Genus: | Vandiemenia Hewson [1] |
| Species: | V. ratkowskiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Vandiemenia ratkowskiana Hewson, 1982 [1] | |
Vandiemenia ratkowskiana is the only species of liverwort in the genus Vandiemenia.[2] It is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[3]
References
- 1 2 Hewson, H. J. (1982). "Vandiemeniaceae: a new family in Metzgeriales". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 52: 163–165.
- ↑ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 347–348, 504. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.
- ↑ Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. Vandiemenia ratkowskiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
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