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Calypogeia suecica - Swedish Pouchwort

Calypogeia suecica, commonly known as Swedish Pouchwort, is a liverwort belonging to the family Calypogeiaceae.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

• Scientific Name: Calypogeia suecica (Arnell & J.Perss.) Muell.Frib. or (Arnell & J. Perss.) K. Mller. The text shows both.
• Common Name: Swedish Pouchwort
• Family: Calypogeiaceae
• Kingdom: Plantae
• Division: Bryophyta / Hepaticophyta
• Class: Hepaticopsida / Marchantiopsida
• Order: Jungermanniales
• Synonyms: Cincinnulus suecicus
• Taxonomic Rank: Species

Distribution and Habitat

• Calypogeia suecica has been reported in New Brunswick, Canada.
• It's also found in the Saarland region.
• The species has been documented at surveyed locations, as seen in map records.
• In Norway, it thrives on dead wood, especially of spruce, in old spruce forests with abundant dead wood.

Morphological Characteristics

• The plant is described as small, around 2 mm in size.
• The shoots are pale yellowish-green, growing horizontally or ascending from the tip.
• It's a nonvascular plant.

Genetic and Cytological Information

• The haploid chromosome number (n) for one sample of Calypogeia suecica was found to be 9.

Ecology

• This species occupies microhabitats consistent with previous records in adjacent areas.

Interactions with Other Organisms

• It often grows in mixed-liverwort samples.

Further Information

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
• British Bryological Society Checklist of British and Irish Bryophytes
• The Plant List
• NYBG Virtual Herbarium
• Musum national d&#39Histoire naturelle
• Encyclopedia of Life
• TERMIUM (Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank)
• ABMI species summary
• NCBI taxonomy database
• Discover Life