Lepicolea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lepicoleaceae.[2][3]
| Lepicolea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Jungermanniales |
| Family: | Lepicoleaceae |
| Genus: | Lepicolea Dumort. [1] |
| Type species | |
| Lepicolea scolopendra (Hook.) Dumort. ex Trevis.
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| Synonyms | |
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Leperoma Mitt. | |
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
edit- 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 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
edit- ^ Dumortier, B.C.J., 1835. Recueil d'Observations sur les Jungermanniacées 20.
- ^ Söderström, Lars; Hagborg, Anders; von Konrat, Matt; Bartholomew-Began, Sharon; Bell, David; Briscoe, Laura; Brown, Elizabeth; Cargill, D. Christine; da Costa, Denise Pinheiro; Crandall-Stotler, Barbara J.; Cooper, Endymion; Dauphin, Gregorio; Engel, John; Feldberg, Kathrin; Glenny, David; Gradstein, S. Robbert; He, Xiaolan; Hentschel, Joern; Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza; Katagiri, Tomoyuki; Konstantinova, Nadezhda A.; Larraín, Juan; Long, David; Nebel, Martin; Pócs, Tamás; Puche, Felisa; Reiner-Drehwald, Elena; Renner, Matt; Sass-Gyarmati, Andrea; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Segarra-Moragues, José; Stotler, Raymond E.; Sukkharak, Phiangphak; Thiers, Barbara; Uribe, Jaime; Váňa, Jiří; Wigginton, Martin; Zhang, Li; Zhu, Rui-Liang (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys (59): 1–828. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.
- ^ a b c d "Lepicolea Dumort". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Public Search of Virtual Herbarium". floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
External links
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Data related to Lepicolea at Wikispecies
Media related to Lepicoleaceae at Wikimedia Commons