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Anastrophyllum minutum

Scientific Name: Anastrophyllum minutum

Family: Jungermanniaceae

Category: Liverwort

Growth: Nonvascular

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Other Names:

       

Comb Notchwort (Anastrophyllum minutum)

Anastrophyllum minutum, commonly known as Comb Notchwort, is a small liverwort belonging to the Jungermanniales order.

Considerations for Pets

  • This liverwort is very small, measuring around 2 mm.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Anastrophyllum minutum (Schreb.) R.M. Schust.
  • Common Name: Comb Notchwort
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Division: Marchantiophyta (also known as Hepatophyta)
  • Class: Jungermanniopsida
  • Order: Jungermanniales
  • Family: Anastrophyllaceae / Jungermanniaceae / Scapaniaceae (different sources list different families)
  • Genus: Anastrophyllum (Spruce) Steph.
  • Species: Anastrophyllum minutum
  • Variety: Anastrophyllum minutum var. minutum (Schreb.) Schust.
  • Synonyms:
    • Anastrophyllum minutum var. minutum, Synonym, L
    • Shenolobus minutus (Schreb.)
  • Alternative Scientific Names:
    • Anastrophyllum helleranum (Nees) Schust.
    • Anastrophyllum michauxii (Weber) H. Buch ex Evans

Distribution and Habitat

  • Anastrophyllum minutum has been found in:
    • Great Britain and Ireland
    • Serbia (FR Yugoslavia) and the Balkans
    • Iceland (common name: "vtuspengill")
    • Del Norte County, California (Klamath Mountains)
    • British Columbia and Northwest Territories
    • Alberta
  • It typically grows on rocks, rough humus, and moist to dry sandy soil on north-facing slopes in dry heaths.

Quirky Facts

  • In Iceland, Anastrophyllum minutum is known as "vtuspengill."

Morphological Characteristics

  • This is a bilobed leafy liverwort
  • It's a small plant, measuring around 2 mm.

Chemical Composition

  • Six diterpenoids with a novel carbon skeleton have been isolated from Anastrophyllum minutum.

Occurrence Data

  • Data collected by the British Bryological Society in 774 occurrences.
  • Data collected by Bryophyte herbarium, Trondheim (TRH) in 546 occurrences.

Further Information

  • Discover Life provides a page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Anastrophyllum minutum.
  • Encyclopedia of Life also provides information on this species.
  • Tropicos database
  • Arctos Database (Southeast only)
  • Worley's Map of Collection Records