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Aneura pinguis var. pinguis

Scientific Name: Aneura pinguis var. pinguis

Family: Aneuraceae

Category: Liverwort

Growth: Nonvascular

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*Aneura pinguis* var. *pinguis*

This page provides information about *Aneura pinguis* var. *pinguis*, as documented by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) checklist and the USDA PLANTS database.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: *Aneura pinguis* var. *pinguis* (L.) Dumort.
  • Rank: Variety
  • Family: Aneuraceae
  • Synonyms:
    • *Aneura latissima* Spruce
    • *Aneura sessilis* (Spreng.) Sull.
    • *Gymnomitrion pinguis* (L.) Huebener

Distribution and Habitat

  • *Aneura pinguis* s. l. is a Wide-boreal Circumpolar element.
  • Found on shaded, flushed streambanks.
  • Observed in calcareous fen vegetation.
  • Observed in Sweden
  • Excluded from the known hepatic flora of Singapore.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Thalli can grow up to 10 mm wide.
  • Linear thalli may develop in nutrient-poor water.

Ecology

  • Typically found in seepages and kept moist by capillarity.

Interactions with Other Organisms

  • May grow alongside *Palustriella commutata* var. *falcata* and *Pellia endiviifolia*.
  • Mycobionts (Tulasnellales) have been studied in relation to *Aneura pinguis*.

Further Information

  • USDA PLANTS database
  • NYBG Virtual Herbarium
  • JSTOR Plant Science
  • SEINet
  • African Plants Database
  • Encyclopedia of Life