Acrobolbus pseudosaccatus, synonym Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus, is a bryophyte, a species from the liverwort family Acrobolbaceae.[1] The family grows on logs, rocks, and soil. Under certain circumstances, however, they are epiphyte, growing on other plant species.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Jungermanniales |
| Family: | Acrobolbaceae |
| Genus: | Acrobolbus |
| Species: | A. pseudosaccatus
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| Acrobolbus pseudosaccatus (Grolle) Briscoe
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Description
editThe leaves of Acrobolbus pseudosaccatus have a shallow depression at the tip, and the margin is finely toothed.[2] The leaves are very fine and are translucent green. Plants are also robust in size. The finely toothed margins distinguish TylimaAcrobolbusnthus pseudosaccatus from other members in the Acrobolbaceae family.[3] The most distinctive feature, however, is the reproductive structure. The position of the reproductive structures most accurately distinguishes Acrobolbus pseudosaccatus from any other species.[4] The sporophyte (reproductive structure) develops in a pouch at the shoot apex structure.[2]
Taxonomy
editThe species was first described in 1963, as Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus.[5] The genus Tylimanthus was later synonymized with Acrobolbus,[6] and Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus was transferred as Acrobolbus pseudosaccatus in 2015.[5][7]
Distribution and habitat
editAcrobolbus pseudosaccatus is located in the Southern Hemisphere, found in Australia.[8] They are endemic to south-east Australia in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. Their habitat requirement consists of environments which retain moisture.[9] 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.[10]
Liverworts are significant in their habitats as their presence in an environment offers microhabitats.[11] The importance of the microhabitats is that it creates an environment which is essential for the survival of other organisms.[12] These organisms include protozoa, invertebrates, and eukaryotes.[13] The reasoning for why they create important microhabitats is due to bryophytes been nitrogen fixers.[12] Other organisms depend on nitrogen as it allows for those species to grow and develop, overall improving the quality of the soil.
References
edit- ^ a b "Acrobolbus pseudosaccatus (Grolle) Briscoe". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Brinda, John C. & Atwood, John J., eds. (2024). "Tylimanthus pseudosaccatus". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "Acrobolbus Nees". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Briscoe, L.; Engel, J.; Söderström, L.; Hagborg, A. & Von Konrat, M. (2015). "Notes on early land plants today. 66. Nomenclatural notes on Acrobolbaceae". Phytotaxa. 202 (1): 58–62. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.202.1.8.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b 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
edit- Kantvilas G and Jarman SJ. 2012. Lichens and bryophytes in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest: floristics, conservation and ecology. Phytotaxa 59: 1-31.