Biology:Myriocolea irrorata

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Short description: Species of liverwort


Colura irrorata
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C. irrorata
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Colura irrorata
(Spruce) Heinrichs, Y. Yu, Schäf.-Verw. & Pócs

Myriocolea irrorata is a species of liverworts in the Lejeuneaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Since 2012 it has been transferred to the genus Colura.[1]

Sources

  1. Heinrichs, Jochen; Dong, Shanshan; Yu, Ying; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Pócs, Tamás; Feldberg, Kathrin; Hentschel, Jörn; Schmidt, Alexander R. et al. (2012-09-25). "A 150 year-old mystery solved: Transfer of the rheophytic endemic liverwort Myriocolea irrorata to Colura" (in en). Phytotaxa 66 (1): 55–64. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.66.1.9. ISSN 1179-3163. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.66.1.9. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5487840 entry