Perssoniella vitreocincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Marchantiophyta
Class:
Jungermanniopsida
Order:
Jungermanniales
Family:
Perssoniellaceae

R.M. Schust.[2] ex Grolle[3]
Genus:
Perssoniella

Species:
P. vitreocincta
Binomial name
Perssoniella vitreocincta

Perssoniella vitreocincta is the only species of liverwort in the monotypic genus Perssoniella and family Perssoniellaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.[5]

The genus name of Perssoniella is in honour of Nathan Petter Herman Persson (1893–1978), who was a Swedish doctor and botanist (Bryology), who worked as curator in the Herbarium of Gothenburg Botanical Garden.[6]

The genus was circumscribed by Theodor Carl Julius Herzog in Ark. Bot. series 2, vol.2 on pages 168 and 265 in 1952.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Perssoniella vitreocincta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T39207A10174898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39207A10174898.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Schuster, R. M. (1964). "Studies on Antipodal Hepaticae. VI. The suborder Perssoniellinae: morphology, anatomy and possible evolution". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 91 (6): 479–490. doi:10.2307/2483915. JSTOR 2483915.
  3. ↑ Grolle, Riclef (1972). "Die Namen der Familien und Unterfamilien der Lebermoose (Hepaticopsida)". Journal of Bryology. 7 (2): 201–236. doi:10.1179/jbr.1972.7.2.201.
  4. ↑ Herzog, T. K. G. (1952). "Perssoniella Herz. nov. gen. hepaticarum". Ark. Bot. Series 2. 2 (4): 265–269.
  5. ↑ Kitagawa, Naofumi (1983). "Unusual cell structure in Perssoniella vitreocincta Herz., Hepaticae". Bull. Nara Univ. Educ. 32 (2): 49–51.
  6. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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