Cyathodium acrotrichum Schiffn. (1939:126)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record (viz. type collections): October 1899 (Singh & Singh, 2007)
Rediscovered on 31 October 2005 (Singh & Singh, 2007)
Distribution
East district (Boudha, Busuk & Nimachen), Sikkim & Kurseong, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India
The type collections were made at Kurseong, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, but it was rediscovered at multiple localities (Boudha, Busuk & Nimachen) in East district, Sikkim (Singh & Singh, 2007).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schiffner, V. (1939). Monographie der Gattung Cyathodium, II. Annales Bryologici 12: 123-142.
Other references:
Mehra, P. N. and Sokhi, J. K. (1972). Embryology of Cyathodium flabellatum Mehra. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 36: 17-53. [states inadequate description of Cyathodium acrotrichum]
Singh, D. K. and Singh, S. K. (2007). Rediscovery of Cyathodium acrotrichum Schiffn. (Hepaticae: Cyathodiaceae) – A long-lost liverwort often treated as doubtful taxon. Current Science 92(10): 1354-1356.
Singh, D. K. and Singh, S. K. (2008). Scanning Electron Microscopic Studies on Sporoderm of Some Indian Liverworts and Hornworts, pp. 291-317. In: Mohamed, H., Baki, B. B., Nasrulhaq-Boyce, A., Lee, P. K. Y. (eds.). Bryology in the New Millennium. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya.
Srivastava, S. C. and Dixit, R. (1996). The genus Cyathodium Kunze. The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 80: 149-215. [minimal discussion as no access to type material]
Udar, R. and Singh, D. K. (1976). A new Cyathodium from India. Bryologist 79: 234-238. [considers Cyathodium acrotrichum to be of doubtful status]