Biology:Andrewsianthus

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Andrewsianthus is a genus of liverworts in the family Lophoziaceae.

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, mainly in the Southern Hemisphere.[1]

It was originally published by Rudolf Mathias Schuster in Rev. Bryol. Lichénol. 30: 66 in 1961.[2][3]

The genus name of Andrewsianthus is in honour of Albert LeRoy Andrews (1878-1962) an American professor of Germanic philology and an avocational bryologist, known as "one of the world’s foremost bryologists and the American authority on Sphagnaceae.[4]

Species

Between 19,[2] and 24 species are known:[1][5][6]

  • Andrewsianthus aberrans (Nees & Mont.) Grolle
  • Andrewsianthus australis J.J.Engel
  • Andrewsianthus bidens (Mitt. ex Steph.) R.M.Schust.
  • Andrewsianthus bilobus (Mitt.) Grolle
  • Andrewsianthus carinatus Grolle
  • Andrewsianthus cavifolius Grolle & Váňa
  • Andrewsianthus chimbuensis R.M.Schust.
  • Andrewsianthus cuspidatus R.M.Schust.
  • Andrewsianthus ferrugineus Grolle
  • Andrewsianthus hodgsoniae (R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust. ex J.J.Engel
  • Andrewsianthus jamesonii (Mont.) Váňa
  • Andrewsianthus kilimanjaricus (S.W.Arnell) Grolle & Váňa
  • Andrewsianthus kinabaluensis N.Kitag.
  • Andrewsianthus koponenii Váňa & Piippo
  • Andrewsianthus marionensis (S.W.Arnell) Grolle
  • Andrewsianthus mizutanii N.Kitag.
  • Andrewsianthus papillosus N.Kitag.
  • Andrewsianthus perigonialis (Hook.f. & Taylor) R.M.Schust.
  • Andrewsianthus puniceus (Nees) R.M.Schust. ex Grolle
  • Andrewsianthus recurvifolius (Nees) R.M.Schust.
  • Andrewsianthus scabrellus (C.Massal.) R.M.Schust. ex J.J.Engel
  • Andrewsianthus sphenoloboides (R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust. ex J.J.Engel
  • Andrewsianthus squarrosus (S.W.Arnell) Grolle
  • Andrewsianthus sundaicus (Schiffn.) R.M.Schust.
  • Andrewsianthus zantenii Váňa

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4759122 entry