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Anastrepta orcadensis
Scientific Name: Anastrepta orcadensis
Family: Jungermanniaceae
Category: Liverwort
Growth: Nonvascular
Duration:
Other Names:
Anastrepta orcadensis: Orkney Notchwort
Anastrepta orcadensis, commonly known as Orkney Notchwort, is a liverwort with a wide distribution.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Anastrepta orcadensis (Hook.) Schiffn.
- Common Name: Orkney Notchwort
- Family: Jungermanniaceae (also listed as Lophoziaceae in some sources)
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Marchantiophyta
- Class: Marchantiopsida
- Order: Jungermanniales
- Synonym: Jungermannia orcadensis Hook.
- Taxon Version Key: NBNSYS0000035836
Distribution and Habitat
- Found in the United States, Canada, and widely across Europe.
- Often found on humus of silicate rocks, and sometimes on limestone rocks.
Morphological Characteristics
- Tall, slender liverwort.
- Produces shoots.
- Shallowly bilobed tip.
- Convex leaves.
Genetic Information
- Has a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene.
- Chloroplast DNA is 1,359 bp linear.
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Often found in heathland environments alongside other liverwort species such as Herbertus aduncus, Bazzania tricrenata, Lepidozia pearsonii, and Ptilidium ciliare.
Further Information
- Tropicos (via IPCN)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Arctos Database
- British Bryological Society Checklist of British and Irish Bryophytes
- Discover Life