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Cryptomitrium

Scientific Name: Cryptomitrium

Family: Aytoniaceae

Category: Liverwort

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Cryptomitrium

Cryptomitrium is a genus of liverworts belonging to the Aytoniaceae family.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Cryptomitrium Austin ex Underwood, 1884
  • Family: Aytoniaceae
  • Class: Marchantiopsida
  • Order: Marchantiales
  • Synonyms:
    • Mannia subpilosa (&#8801 Grimaldia subpilosa) - Taiwan specimen proved identical to Cryptomitrium tenerum
    • Marchantia tenera (redirected to Cryptomitrium tenerum)

Species

  • Accepted species name: Cryptomitrium tenerum (Hook.) Austin ex Underw.
  • Other species:
    • Cryptomitrium himalayense Kashyap
    • Cryptomitrium oreades Perold

Distribution and Habitat

  • Cryptomitrium tenerum is widely distributed in California, but seems to be not locally abundant, at least in the southern part of the state.
  • United States: Regularly occurring, origin unknown/undetermined.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Cryptomitrium tenerum is a liverwort that is light green dorsally, green and/or purple ventrally, and has no gemmae.

Related Genera

  • Cryptomitrium is closely related to Duvalia and Grimaldia, and to genera such as Plagiochasma, Reboulia, and Asterella.

Further Information

  • The PLANTS Database (NRCS, USDA)
  • Tropicos
  • Encyclopedia of Life