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Barbilophozia barbata

Barbilophozia barbata, commonly known as Bearded Pawwort, is a liverwort species.

Considerations for Pets

• This plant is a liverwort.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

• Scientific Name: Barbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske
• Common Name: Bearded Pawwort
• Family: Scapaniaceae / Anastrophyllaceae / Lophoziaceae (Different sources list different families, potentially indicating taxonomic revisions)
• Kingdom: Plantae
• Synonym: Lophozia barbata (Schmid.) Dumort. / Jungermannia barbata Schreb. / Jungermannia schreberi

Distribution and Habitat

• Native to Canada.
• Regularly occurring and currently present.
• Found on thin soil over unshaded edges of granitic rock on hillsides.

Morphological Characteristics

• Shoots are medium to large, mostly prostrate.
• Color ranges from green to dark or olive green.
• Shoots can be fairly broad (2-5 mm), pale green or yellowish-brown, growing horizontally or ascending at the tips.

Genetic Information

• The plant contains a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, with a partial cds chloroplast sequence of 558 bp linear DNA (JX305536.1). This gene is important for photosynthesis.

Interactions with Other Organisms

• May associate with Barbilophozia floerkei in its habitat.

Quirky Facts

• The species name translated from English to Swahili is also "Barbilophozia barbata".

Further Information

• Tropicos database
• Encyclopedia of Life
• USDA PLANTS Database
• British Bryological Society Checklist of British and Irish Bryophytes
• NCBI taxonomy database (Taxonomy ID: 209798)
• Wikimedia Commons
• ABMI species summary
• TERMIUM (Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank)