Leiomitra julacea

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Leiomitra julacea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Trichocoleaceae
Genus: Leiomitra
Species:
L. julacea
Binomial name
Leiomitra julacea
Hatcher ex J.J. Engel
Synonyms
  • Castanoclobos julaceus (Hatcher ex J.J. Engel) J.J. Engel & Glenny
  • Trichocolea julacea Hatcher invalid because no type given

Leiomitra julacea is a species of liverwort endemic to New Zealand. It is known only from Stewart Island and from the southern West Coast Region of the South Island. It occurs in rocky outcrops at elevations of approximately 130 m.[1]

Leiomitra julacea is a spongy plant appearing like a mass of interwoven cilia. It is creeping plant, chocolate brown, with shoots up to 2 mm wide. Leaves spread widely but with the lobes arching sharply toward the shoot apex. Leaf disc 5-6 cells high. The only other species of Leiomitra found in New Zealand, L. lanata, is yellow-green with the disc 6-10 cells high.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Engel, John Jay. 1999. Austral Hepaticae 26: The identity, taxonomic position and ecology of Trichocolea julacea Hatcher (Trichocoleaceae). Novon 9:25-28.
  2. ^ Engel, J. J. & D. Glenny. 2007. Austral Hepaticae 43. Castanoclobos, a new genus of Trichocoleaceae from New Zealand. Novon 17: 424–428.
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