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Barbilophozia attenuata
Scientific Name: Barbilophozia attenuata
Family: Jungermanniaceae
Category: Liverwort
Growth: Nonvascular
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Other Names:
Barbilophozia attenuata
Barbilophozia attenuata, commonly known as Trunk Pawwort, is a liverwort belonging to the family Scapaniaceae.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Barbilophozia attenuata (Mart.) Loeske
- Common Name: Trunk Pawwort
- Family: Scapaniaceae (also mentioned Jungermanniaceae)
- Synonyms:
- Lophozia attenuata (Mart.) Dum.
- Neoorthocaulis attenuatus (Mart.) L.Sderstr., De Roo & Hedd.
- Barbilophozia gracilis (Schleich.)
- Jungermannia quinquedentata fo. attenuata Nees. (Basionym)
- Rank: Species
Distribution and Habitat
- Barbilophozia attenuata has a Boreal-montane Circumpolar distribution.
- It is extremely rare in eastern England, with no recent records from Middlesex or Suffolk.
- This liverwort is characteristic of rotting wood and peaty soils, especially in the north and west.
- One observation notes it growing on thin peat on a granite boulder.
Morphological Characteristics
- Shoots are small, ascending to upright, and 0.5-1.8 mm wide.
- Color ranges from pale yellowish-green to dark brownish-green, occasionally reddish.
- Attenuate, 2-3-lobed.
Genetic Information
- Studies have investigated the fine-scale spatial genetic structure (SGS) of this liverwort in areas with ant trails.
Further Information
- ABMI (Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute)
- NYBG Virtual Herbarium
- Musum national d'Histoire naturelle
- The Plant List
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Dyntaxa - Svensk taxonomisk databas