Herbertus borealis

Herbertus borealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Herbertaceae
Genus: Herbertus
Species: H. borealis
Binomial name
Herbertus borealis
Synonyms[2]

Herbertus delavayi

Herbertus borealis is a species of liverwort in the family Herbertaceae known as northern prongwort.[2] It was described in 1970 by Alan Crundwell.[3] It is endemic to the United Kingdom, where it is found only in the Beinn Eighe nature reserve, and lives in dwarf shrub heath alongside other large liverworts such as Anastrophyllum donnianum, Bazzania tricrenata and Pleurozia purpurea.[2] A closely related species, described in 2012 as Herbertus norenus and known as "Viking prongwort", is known from Shetland and Norway and was formerly confused with H. borealis.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Herbertus borealis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2000: e.T39196A10169191. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39196A10169191.en. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 David Long (2010). "Herbertus borealis". In Ian Atherton; Sam Bosanquet; Mark Lawley. Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: A Field Guide. British Bryological Society. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-9561310-1-0.
  3. 1 2 David Bell & David Long (2012). "European Herbertus and the 'Viking prongwort'" (PDF). Field Bryology. 106: 3–14.
  • "Prongwort discovery 'unique' to the Highlands". BBC News. March 13, 2012.


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