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Ptilidium pulcherrimum
Scientific Name: Ptilidium pulcherrimum
Family: Ptilidiaceae
Category: Liverwort
Growth: Nonvascular
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Other Names:
Ptilidium pulcherrimum: Tree Fringewort
Ptilidium pulcherrimum, commonly known as Tree Fringewort or Naugehyde Liverwort, is a fascinating species of leafy liverwort.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Ptilidium pulcherrimum (Weber) Vainio
- Authority: (Weber) Vainio
- Common Names: Tree Fringewort, Naugehyde Liverwort
- Family: Ptilidiaceae (Ptilidium is the only genus in this family)
- Order: Jungermanniales
- Class: Hepatopsida
- Phylum: Hepatophyta
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Synonyms: Blepharozia pulcherrima, Ptilidium pulcherrimum (Geb) Vainio, Ptilidium pulcherrimum (G. Web.) Hampe
- Taxonomic Serial No.: 14283
Distribution and Habitat
Ptilidium pulcherrimum has a wide distribution, including:
- Alaska
- Balkan Peninsula
- Baltic states
- Belgium
- Beringian Arctic
- Bulgaria
- Canada (Native and regularly occurring)
- Caucasus
- Central Asia
- Central Russia
- China mainland
- Eastern Britain (regular casual originating from Scandinavia)
It is a common leafy-liverwort often found growing on rotting damp wood and other epixylic environments.
Morphological Characteristics
- Forms very dense patches, ranging in color from yellowish-green to reddish.
- Characterized by leaves divided into narrow lobes (6-10 cells wide at the lobe).
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Studies have examined its antibacterial and antifungal activity.
Quirky Facts
- Three sesquiterpenes, pinguisanin, pinguisanolide, and pinguisenal, have been isolated from Ptilidium pulcherrimum.
Further Information
- ITIS link: Ptilidium pulcherrimum
- NCBI link: Ptilidium pulcherrimum
- Tropicos
- IPCN
- MO Bryo