Leptophyllopsis
| Leptophyllopsis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Lepidoziales |
| Family: | Lophocoleaceae |
| Genus: | Leptophyllopsis R.M.Schust. |
| Species: | L. laxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptophyllopsis laxa (Mitt.) R.M.Schust.
| |
Leptophyllopsis laxa is a species of liverwort in the family Lophocoleaceae.[1] It is the only member of the genus Leptophyllopsis.[2][3]
Description
Leptophyllopsis laxa is a small liverwort, its shoots pale green, translucent, and up to 3 mm (0.12 in) wide. The leaves have a characteristic ragged appearance, due to the formation of adventive caducous teeth on their margins. [4]
Taxonomy
While the genus was originally described as monotypic,[3], another species from southern South America was later placed in Leptophyllopis as L. irregularis.[5] This taxon was later found to be synonymous with an earlier name, Chiloscyphus subviridis, and removed from Leptophyllopsis.[6]
Range
Leptophyllopsis laxa can be found throughout most of New Zealand, including Stewart Island and the sub-Antarctic Islands Campbell and the Auckland Islands. It is also present in Australia, primarily in south-eastern regions.[4][7]
Habitat
Leptophyllopsis laxa forms soft thin mats, usually over soil and tree bases in southern beech forests. It grows more frequently in mid- to upper-elevation, rather than lowland, forests, particularly in northern parts of its range.[4]
References
- ^ Söderström, Lars; Hagborg, Anders; Konrat, Matt von; Bartholomew-Began, Sharon; Bell, David; Briscoe, Laura; Brown, Elizabeth; Cargill, D. Christine; Costa, Denise Pinheiro da; Crandall-Stotler, Barbara J.; Cooper, Endymion Dante; Dauphin, Gregorio; Engel, John; Feldberg, Kathrin; Glenny, David; Gradstein, S. Robbert; He, Xiaolan; Heinrichs, Jochen; Hentschel, Joern; Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza; Katagiri, Tomoyuki; Konstantinova, Nadezhda A.; Larraín, Juan; Long, David; Nebel, Martin; Pócs, Tamás; Puche, Felisa; Reiner-Drehwald, Elena; Renner, Matt; Sass-Gyarmati, Andrea; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Segarra-Moragues, José Gabriel; Stotler, Raymond E.; Sukkharak, Phiangphak; Thiers, Barbara; Uribe, Jaime; Váňa, Jiří; Villarreal, Juan; Wigginton, Martin; Zhang, Li; Zhu, Rui-Liang (29 January 2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys (59): 1–828. Bibcode:2016PhytK..59....1S. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.
- ^ Hässel De Menéndez, Gabriela G. (1995). "Little Known Chiloscyphus (hepatophyta) Species from Southern South America 2". The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 78: 63–81. doi:10.18968/jhbl.78.0_63.
- ^ a b Schuster, R. M. (1963). "Studies on Antipodal Hepaticae I. Annotated Keys to the Genera of Antipodal Hepaticae with Special Reference to New Zealand and Tasmania". The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 26: 185–309. doi:10.18968/jhbl.26.0_185.
- ^ a b c Engel, John J.; Glenny, David (2008). A flora of the liverworts and hornworts of New Zealand. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 978-1-930723-66-5.
- ^ Engel, John J. (Winter 1973). "The Raymond E. Hatcher Collection of Hepaticae and Anthocerotae from Southern South America, with New Taxa and Notes on Range Extensions". The Bryologist. 76 (4): 528. doi:10.2307/3241412.
- ^ Hässel De Menéndez, Gabriela G. (1995). "Little Known Chiloscyphus (hepatophyta) Species from Southern South America 2". The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 78: 63–81. doi:10.18968/jhbl.78.0_63.
- ^ Australasian Virtual Herbaria. "Leptophyllopsis laxa". avh.ala.org.au.