Biology:Lepicolea

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Short description: Genus of liverworts

Lepicolea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Lepicoleaceae
Genus: Lepicolea
Dumort. [1]
Type species
Lepicolea scolopendra
(Hook.) Dumort. ex Trevis.
Synonyms

Leperoma Mitt.

Lepicolea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lepicoleaceae.[2][3]

The genus was first described by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier.[3]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, but mostly in the southern hemisphere.[3] Such as species Lepicolea ochroleuca (Spreng.) Spruce is found in Chile ,[4][5] and Brazil, Lepicolea prudent (Taylor) Spruce is found in Colombia and Lepicolea ramenifissa Herzog is found in Venezuela and Bolivia.[6]

Lepicolea ochroleuca also belongs to the Gondwanaland flora with occurrences in South Africa, New Zealand and especially South America, reaching up to Mexico. It was also found to contains a natural compound called Ligan,[5] and also Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids.[4]

Species

As accepted by GBIF;[3]

  • Lepicolea abnormis Stephani
  • Lepicolea algoides Stephani
  • Lepicolea attenuata (Mitt.) Steph.
  • Lepicolea bidentula (Steph.) R.M.Schust.
  • Lepicolea boliviensis Steph.
  • Lepicolea fissa Stephani
  • Lepicolea flaccida Stephani
  • Lepicolea georgica Stephani
  • Lepicolea herzogiana Steph.
  • Lepicolea longifissa {{Au|Stephani
  • Lepicolea loriana Stephani
  • Lepicolea magellanica (Gola) Solari
  • Lepicolea norrisii Piippo
  • Lepicolea ochroleuca (Spreng.) Spruce
  • Lepicolea pruinosa (Taylor) Spruce
  • Lepicolea ramenifissa Herzog
  • Lepicolea ramentifissa Herzog
  • Lepicolea rara (Steph.) Grolle
  • Lepicolea rigida (De Not.) E.B.Scott
  • Lepicolea scolopendra (Hook.) Dumort. ex Trevis.
  • Lepicolea simplicior Herzog
  • Lepicolea yakushimensis (S.Hatt.) S.Hatt.
  • Lepicolea yakusimensis (S.Hatt.) S.Hatt.


References

  1. Dumortier, B.C.J., 1835. Recueil d'Observations sur les Jungermanniacées 20.
  2. Söderström, Lars; Hagborg, Anders; von Konrat, Matt; Bartholomew-Began, Sharon; Bell, David; Briscoe, Laura; Brown, Elizabeth; Cargill, D. Christine et al. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys (59): 1–828. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. ISSN 1314-2003. PMID 26929706. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Lepicolea Dumort." (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2689307. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Liu, Huei-Ju; Wu, Chia-Li; Becker, Hans; Zapp, Josef (April 2000). "Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids from the Chilean liverwort Lepicolea ochroleuca". Phytochemistry 53 (8): 845–849. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00609-3. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Cullmann, Frank; Becker, Hans (December 1999). "Lignans from the liverwort Lepicolea ochroleuca". Phytochemistry 52 (8): 1651–1656. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00372-6. 
  6. "Public Search of Virtual Herbarium". http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/herbarioVirtual/ConsultaPublicoHVUC/BemVindoConsultaPublicaHVConsultar.do?modoConsulta=LISTAGEM&quantidadeResultado=20&nomeCientifico=Lepicolea. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17280843 entry