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Sauteria

Scientific Name: Sauteria

Family: Cleveaceae

Category: Liverwort

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Sauteria: A Genus of Liverworts

Sauteria is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Cleveaceae.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Sauteria (Nees) Nees
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Hepatophyta
  • Class: Marchantiopsida
  • Order: Marchantiales
  • Family: Cleveaceae

Synonym: Sauteria berteroana (for Sauteria chilensis)

Species

  • Accepted species include:
    • Sauteria alpina (Nees) Nees (Snow Lungwort)
    • Sauteria chilensis (Lindenb. ex Mont.) Grolle
    • Sauteria spongiosa (Kashyap) S. Hatt.
    • Other Sauteria spp.

Distribution and Habitat

Sauteria species have been found in various regions, including:

  • India (Sauteria spongiosa)
  • Alaska
  • Austria
  • Balkan Peninsula
  • Beringian Arctic
  • Canada
  • Central Asia
  • China (mainland)
  • Continental USA
  • Czecho-Slovakia
  • East Siberia
  • Russian Far East (Sauteria alpina)

Morphological Characteristics

Sauteria are nonvascular plants.

Genetic Information

  • Sauteria alpina has an RNA polymerase C1 (rpoC1) gene, partial cds chloroplast, with a 452 bp linear DNA sequence (KT357012.1 GI:972313474).
  • Sauteria alpina also has a 23S ribosomal RNA.

Ecological Role

Sauteria are liverworts (Class Marchantiopsida).

Further Information

  • The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4 ), National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA.
  • Tropicos
  • Andean Bryo
  • Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)
  • NYBG Virtual Herbarium
  • JSTOR Plant Science
  • TERMIUM (Government of Canada&#39s terminology and linguistic data bank)
  • Discover Life