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Marchantiophyta (Liverworts)

 

Class: Jungermanniopsida

Order: Fossombroniales

Family: Petalophyllaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Sewardiella tuberifera Kash. (1915) - (rediscovered) Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand, Himalayan India Rediscovered(?) Access

 

Order: Jungermanniales

Family: Balantiopsidaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Isotachis westlandica (Hodgs.) R.M.Schust. (1968) - February 1874 Teremakau, Westland, South Island, New Zealand Rediscovered(?) Access

 

Family: Cephaloziellaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cephaloziella obtusilobula R.M.Schust. (1980) Roundleaf leafy liverwort pre-1961 Georgia (extreme northeastern) & North Carolina (western), USA Missing or Invalid (synonym) Access

 

Family: Phycolepidoziaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Phycolepidozia exigua R.M.Schust. (1966) - 10 January 1966 or later Dominica, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles Missing Access

 

Family: Plagiochilaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Plagiochila columbiana
A.Evans (1896) - 5 December 1987(?) North Carolina & Washington, USA Missing or Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Plagiochila virginica euryphylla R.M.Schust. (1960) - 1949 Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA Missing Access

 

Order: Porellales

Family: Frullaniaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Frullania weberbaueri Steph. (1911) - (rediscovered) Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar, Antofagasta Province, Chile & Lima, Peru Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Lejeuneaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Ceratolejeunea temnantha (Spruce) M.E.Reiner (2011) - (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Colura irrorata (Spruce) Heinrichs, Y.Yu, Schäf.-Verw. & Pócs (2012) - (rediscovered) Río Numpatakaima, Río Topo (=Topo river) & Río Zuñac, Ecuador Rediscovered Access
             
Lejeunea drehwaldii Heinrichs & Schäf.-Verw. (2012) - (rediscovered) Colombia & Peru Rediscovered Access
             
Lejeunea glaucescens acrogyna R.M.Schust. (1957) Raven rock liverwort before 1990's Piedmont area, North Carolina, USA Missing Access
             

Sphaerolejeunea umbilicata

Herzog (1938) - (rediscovered) Colombia & Peru Invalid (synonym) Access

 

Family: Radulaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Radula visianica C.Massal. (1904) - (rediscovered) Austria & Italy Rediscovered Access

 

 

Class: Marchantiopsida

Order: Marchantiales

Family: Cyathodiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cyathodium acrotrichum Schiffn. (1939) - (rediscovered) East district (Boudha, Busuk & Nimachen), Sikkim & Kurseong, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India Rediscovered Access

 

Order: Sphaerocarpales

Family: Riellaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Riella alatospora Wigglesw. (1937) - (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access

 

 

Class: incertae sedis

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Bryosporis anisopolaris Mildenhall & Bussell (1990) - c.90ka New Zealand Extinct Access

 

Statistics

Conservation status Number of taxa (in percentage)
   
Extinct 1 (6.25%)
Missing 3 (18.75%)
Extinct in the Wild 0
Possibly Extinct in the Wild 0
Globally Rediscovered 7 (43.75%)
Rediscovered in the Wild 0
Reintroduced 0
Hypothetical 0
Invalid 1 (6.25%)
Erroneously listed 0
Uncertain status 4 (25%)
   
Total 16

 

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