Vandiemenia

Vandiemenia ratkowskiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Metzgeriaceae
Genus: Vandiemenia
Hewson [1]
Species: V. ratkowskiana
Binomial name
Vandiemenia ratkowskiana
Hewson, 1982 [1]

Vandiemenia ratkowskiana is the only species of liverwort in the genus Vandiemenia.[2] It is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Hewson, H. J. (1982). "Vandiemeniaceae: a new family in Metzgeriales". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 52: 163–165.
  2. Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 347–348, 504. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.
  3. Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. Vandiemenia ratkowskiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.


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