Frullania hodgsoniae is a species of liverwort in the order Porellales, native to New Zealand. The species was first described by Matt Von Konrat, Jörn Hentschel, Jochen Heinrichs, John E. Braggins and Tamás Pócs in 2010.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Frullaniales |
| Family: | Frullaniaceae |
| Genus: | Frullania |
| Species: | F. hodgsoniae
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| Frullania hodgsoniae von Konrat, Braggins, Hentschel & Heinrichs, 2010
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Taxonomy
editFrullania hodgsoniae was originally described as Frullania aterrima var. lepida by Amy Hodgson in 1949,[2][3] and later identified as Neohattoria rostrata by Rudolf M. Schuster in 1970.[4] By 1983 the Frullania genus had been revised by Sinske Hattori, who placed this as a subspecies of F. aterrima.[5]
The species was reinstated as a species in 2010 due to morphological and chemical differences from other Frullania species.[2] A new species name was chosen that referenced Amy Hodgson; her original epithet could not be used as a different Frullania lepida already existed, and because Schuster's 1970 identification of the species had been recognised as invalid in 1989, due to Schuster citing two collections as the type specimen.[2]
Description
editThe species is small and olive-green in colour.[2] It can be distinguished from Frullania hattorii by projections on the underside of the leaf lobes and a 3-keeled perianth, and from Frullania aterrima due to its initial branching appendages, which have three explanate segments.[2]
Distribution and habitat
editFrullania hodgsoniae appears to be endemic to New Zealand, and is found on tree trunks and twigs typically at higher elevations.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Frullania colliculosa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Von Konrat, Matthew; Hentschel, Jörn; Heinrichs, Jochen; Braggins, John E.; Pócs, Tamás (1 November 2010). "Forty-one degrees below and sixty years in the dark: Frullania sect. Inconditum, a new section of Australasian Frullania species including F. colliculosa, sp. nov., F. hodgsoniae, nom. and stat. nov., F. aterrima, and F. hattorii (Frullaniaceae, Marchantiophyta)". Nova Hedwigia: 471–500. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2010/0091-0471.
- ^ Hodgson, E. Amy (1948). "New Zealand Hepaticae. (Liverworts). VI A Review Of The New Zealand SpeciesOf The Genus Frullania" (PDF). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 77: 361–389. ISSN 1176-6166. Wikidata Q89183004.
- ^ Schuster, R. M. (1970). "Studied on Antipodal Hepaticae, III. Jubulopsis Schuster, Neohattoria Kamimur and Amphijubula Schuster". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 33: 266–304. doi:10.18968/jhbl.33.0_266.
- ^ Hattori, Sinske (1983). "A Revision of the Australasian Species of the Genus Frullania, Hepaticae. Iii". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 54: 133–182. doi:10.18968/jhbl.54.0_133.