Syzygiella colorata

Syzygiella colorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Jungermanniopsida
Order:	Jungermanniales
Family:	Adelanthaceae
Genus:	Syzygiella
Species:	S. colorata
Binomial name
	Syzygiella colorata; (Lehm.) K. Feldberg, Váňa, Hentschel & Heinrichs
Synonyms
	Jungermannia colorata Lehm.; Jamesoniella colorata (Lehm.) Spruce ex Schiffn.; Jamesoniella raknesii Kaal. 1911; synonymized by Grolle (1971b);

Syzygiella colorata is a species of liverwort in the family Adelanthaceae. It is found in the zone of the Antarctic Convergence. Samples have been found on the Kerguelen islands, Crozet islands, and the Prince Edward islands.

History of discovery

Johann Georg Christian Lehmann originally described the species in 1829 as Jungermannia colorata. In 1893 Victor Félix Schiffner moved the species to the genus Jamesoniella. Kaalaas described what he thought was a new species in 1911, but which was later reduced to a synonym by Grolle in 1971.

Literature

Kaalaas B. 1911. "Bryophyten aus den Crozetinseln. I. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne (Kristiania) 49: 81-89

References

Grolle, Riclef (March 2002). "The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of the subantarctic and temperate islands in the eastern Southern Hemisphere (90°E to 0°): an annotated catalogue". Journal of Bryology. 24: 57–80. doi:10.1179/037366802125000359.

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