Noteroclada

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Noteroclada

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Pelliaceae
Genus: Noteroclada
Tayl. ex Hook. et Wils., 1844
Species

Noteroclada confluens
See text.
Synonyms
  • Androcryphia
  • Heteroclada

Noteroclada is a small genus of liverworts of the Southern Hemisphere. It is classified in order Metzgeriales and is a member of the family Pelliaceae within that order. Unlike Pellia, the other genus in the family, Noteroclada has a leafy appearance.

The species Noteroclada confluens is known primarily from the southern regions of South America, although it has been reported as far north as Costa Rica,[1] and there is a report from New Zealand.[2] A possible second species is known from South Africa.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America, volume V, pages 434-435. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1992).
  2. ^ Allison, K. W. & John Child. The Liverworts of New Zealand, page 233. (Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1975).
  3. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America, volume V, pages 434-435. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1992).


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