Noteroclada

Noteroclada is a small genus of liverworts of the Southern Hemisphere. It is classified in order Metzgeriales and is a member of the family Pelliaceae within that order. Unlike Pellia, the other genus in the family, Noteroclada has a leafy appearance.

Noteroclada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Pelliaceae
Genus: Noteroclada
Taylor ex Hooker & Wilson 1844[1]
Species
  • Noteroclada confluens (Hooker & Taylor 1844) Spruce 1885
  • ?Noteroclada longiuscula Colenso 1887
  • ?Noteroclada arrhiza Spruce

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Synonyms
  • Androcryphia Nees 1846
  • Heteroclada Müller 1955

The species Noteroclada confluens is known primarily from the southern regions of South America, although it has been reported as far north as Costa Rica,[2] and there is a report from New Zealand.[3] A possible second species is known from South Africa.[4]

References
  1. "Part 2- Plantae (starting with Chlorophycota)". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. Schuster, Rudolf M. The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America, volume V, pages 434-435. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1992).
  3. Allison, K. W. & John Child. The Liverworts of New Zealand, page 233. (Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1975).
  4. Schuster, Rudolf M. The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America, volume V, pages 434-435. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1992).


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