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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.