Biology:Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus
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| Genus: | Tylimanthus
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| Species: | T. pseudosaccatus
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| Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus Grolle 1963[1]
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Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus is a bryophyte, a species from the liverwort family Acrobolbaceae. The family grows on logs, rocks, and soil. Under certain circumstances, however, they are epiphyte, growing on other plant species.[4]
Features
The leaves of Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus, have a shallow depression at the tip, and the margin is finely toothed.[4] The leaves are very fine and are translucent green. The Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus are also robust in size. The finely toothed margins distinguish Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus from other members in the Acrobolbaceae family.[5] The most distinctive feature, however, is the reproductive structure. The position of the reproductive structures most accurately distinguishes the Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus from any other species.[6] The sporophyte (reproductive structure) develops in a pouch at the shoot apex structure.[4]
Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus was initially categorised as a member of Marsupidium.[6] Due to vegetative and morphological similarities, they were re-categorised due to the positioning of the gametangia (reproductive branches). Due to the similarities between the genera, Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus underwent reclassification as a member of the Acrobolbacea family.[6]
Habitat
Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus is located in the Southern Hemisphere, found in Australia.[7] They are endemic to south-east Australia in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. Their habitat requirement consists of environments which retain moisture.[8] Mostly in forests, wet sclerophyll forests or they could also be found in rainforests. The liverworts are found in environments which are either middle-aged or old-growth forests, as these provide the bryophytes with protection.[9]
Liverworts are significant in their habitats as their presence in an environment offers microhabitats.[10] The importance of the microhabitats is that it creates an environment which is essential for the survival of other organisms.[11] These organisms include protozoa, invertebrates, and eukaryotes.[12] The reasoning for why they create important microhabitats is due to bryophytes been nitrogen fixers.[11] Other organisms depend on nitrogen as it allows for those species to grow and develop, overall improving the quality of the soil.
References
- ↑ Riclef Grolle, Nova Hedwigia 6: 391. 1963
- ↑ Briscoe, Laura Rani Elizabeth, John Jay Engel, Lars Söderström, Anders Hagborg & Matthew Jonathan von Konrat. 2015. Notes on early land plants today. 66. Nomenclatural notes on Acrobolbaceae. Phytotaxa 202(1): 58–62.
- ↑ Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 10 Dec 2019 http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100402099
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Jarman, S.J. & Fuhrer, B.A., Mosses and liverworts of rainforests in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia. CSIRO and Forestry Tasmania, 1995
- ↑ https://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/Lworts/ACROBOLBACEAE/sTylim_pseudo.htm. Key to Tasmanian vascular plants, Jordan, G., 2019, University of Tasmania, Accessed October 29th 2019
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Briscoe, L., Engel, J.J., Soderstrom, L., Hagborg, A. & Von Konat, M.,Notes on early land plants today. 66. nomenclatural notes on Acrobolbaceae. Phytotaxa, 2015, p.58-62
- ↑ https://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/liverwortlist/liverworts_a_z.html, Checklist of Australian liverworts and hornworts, Accessed October 29th 2019
- ↑ Tng, D.Y.P., Dalton, P.J. & Jordan, G.J.,Does moisture affect the partitioning of bryophytes between terrestrial and epiphytic substrates within cool temperate rain forest?, The Bryologist, 2009, 112: p.506-519
- ↑ Turner, P.A.M., Kirkpatrick, J.B. & Pharo, E.J. Dependence of bryophyte species on young, mature and old growth wet eucalypt forest Biological Conservation, 2011, p. 2951-2957
- ↑ Hodge, D.A, Pharo, E.J., Dalton, P.J. & Turner, P.A.M.,Successional patterns of terrestrial bryophytes along wildfire chronosequence in wet eucalypt forests of southern Tasmania. Tasforests, 2009, p.67-76
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gerson, U., Bryophytes and invertebrates. Bryophyte Ecology, 1982, p.291-332
- ↑ Soderstrom, L., Hagborg, A., Von Konrat, M., Bartholomew-Began, S., Bell, D., Briscoe, L., Brown, E., Cargill, C., Da Costa, D.P., Crandall-Stoter, B.J., Cooper, E.D., Dauphin, G., Engel, J., Feldberg, K., Glenny, D,. Gradstein, He, X., Heinrich, J., Hentschel, J., Ilkiu-Borges, A.L., Katagiri, T., Konstantinova, N.A., Larrain, J., Long, D., Nebel, M., Pocs, T., Puche, F,. Reiner-Drehwald, E., Renner, M., Sass-Gyarmati, A., Schäfer-Verwimp, A., Segarra-Moragues, J.G., Stotler, R.E., Sukkharak, P., Theirs, B., Uribe, J., Vana, J., Villarreal, J., Wigginton, M., Zhang, L. & Zhu, R.,World checklist of hornworts and liverworts. PhytoKeys, 2016, 59, p.1-828
Further reading
- Kantvilas G and Jarman SJ. 2012. Lichens and bryophytes in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest: floristics, conservation and ecology. Phytotaxa 59: 1-31.
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