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Calypogeia fissa
Scientific Name: Calypogeia fissa
Family: Calypogeiaceae
Category: Liverwort
Growth: Nonvascular
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Other Names:
Calypogeia fissa
Calypogeia fissa, commonly known as Common Pouchwort, is a frequently encountered British liverwort.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Calypogeia fissa (L.) Raddi
- Common Name: Common Pouchwort
- Family: Calypogeiaceae
- Order: Jungermanniales
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Hepatophyta (also referenced as Marchantiophyta)
- Class: Jungermanniopsida
- Synonym: Calypogeja trichomanis
- Subspecies:
- Calypogeia fissa subsp. fissa
- Calypogeia fissa subsp. neogaea R.M. Schust.
Distribution and Habitat
- Calypogeia fissa has a wide distribution, including locations such as:
- Alaska
- Angola
- Antarctic Islands
- Atlantic Islands
- Balkan Peninsula
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Caucasus
- Central Russia
- China (mainland)
- Virginia (USA)
- Europe (specifically mentioned in studies regarding genetic structure)
- It often grows in dense mats on various moist to wet locations that are well-aerated and not typically flooded.
Morphological Characteristics
- A perennial leafy liverwort that forms flat mats.
- Plants are light green or yellowish-green, 2-4 cm long and 1.5-5 mm wide, creeping.
Genetic Information
- Genetic differentiation within Calypogeia fissa has been studied using DNA sequences, including the SCAR marker Cal04.