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Pseudolepicolea fryei
Scientific Name: Pseudolepicolea fryei
Family: Pseudolepicoleaceae
Category: Liverwort
Growth: Nonvascular
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Pseudolepicolea fryei
Pseudolepicolea fryei, also known as Frye's Alaskan Threadwort, is a species of plant. This page provides information about its taxonomy, distribution, and other relevant details.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Pseudolepicolea fryei (Perss.) Grolle & Ando
- Family: Pseudolepicoleaceae
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Hepatophyta
- Class: Hepatopsida
- Order: Jungermanniales
- Synonyms:
- Lepicolea fryei Perss.
- Lophochaete fryei (Perss.) R.M.Schust.
- Symbol: PSFR5
Distribution and Habitat
- Pseudolepicolea fryei is known to be found in Russia and North America.
- Specifically, it is widespread in suitable habitats throughout the Brooks Range of Arctic Alaska and its northern slopes.
- A specimen of Lepicolea fryei Perss. (= Pseudolepicolea fryei (Perss.) Grolle & Ando) was collected from St. Lawrence Island, Boxer Bay, in the Alaskan Bering Sea, and is part of the TYPE material.
Related Species
- Other species in the same genus include Pseudolepicolea trollii (Herzog) Ando and Pseudolepicolea quadrilaciniata (Sullivant) Ful. and Taylor.
Further Information
- Discover Life offers a page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Pseudolepicolea fryei.
- Tropicos database also contains information about this species.