Plagiochila
| Plagiochila | |
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| Plagiochila asplenioides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Lepidoziales |
| Family: | Plagiochilaceae |
| Genus: | (Dumort.) Dumort., 1835 nom. cons. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Plagiochila is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in the order Jungermanniales.[1] It is a member of the family Plagiochilaceae within that order. There may be anywhere from 500 to 1300 species, most of them from the tropics; the exact number is still under revision.
Biogeography
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica.[2]
There are 9 species of Plagiochila in Britain and Ireland, the majority of which have a hyper-oceanic biogeography, demanding high humidity afforded by proximity to the Atlantic.[3] The most widespread representative of the hyper-oceanic species is Plagiochila spinulosa, a common species of Atlantic woodlands known as temperate rainforest. There is a disjunct population of Plagiochila spinulosa in New Zealand.[4]
Taxonomy
Plagiochila taxonomy is complex and disputed. Certain phylogenetic studies have shown that genetic distinctions between observed species are weak, suggesting recent diversification events.[5] European species have been identified as conspecific or at least closely related to tropical American species, distinct from Asian species.[6]
Selected species
- Plagiochila amboynensis
- Plagiochila asplenioides
- Plagiochila belangeriana
- Plagiochila biondiana
- Plagiochila blepharophora
- Plagiochila capillaris
- Plagiochila chinensis
- Plagiochila corticola
- Plagiochila crassitexta
- Plagiochila delavayi
- Plagiochila deltoidea
- Plagiochila determii
- Plagiochila euryphyllon
- Plagiochila fasciculata
- Plagiochila firma
- Plagiochila flexuosa
- Plagiochila fordiana
- Plagiochila formosae
- Plagiochila frondescens
- Plagiochila fruticosa
- Plagiochila ghatiensis
- Plagiochila gollanii
- Plagiochila gregaria
- Plagiochila hakkodensis
- Plagiochila hamulispina
- Plagiochila handelii
- Plagiochila hokinensis
- Plagiochila japonica
- Plagiochila lacerata
- Plagiochila laetevirens
- Plagiochila magnifolia
- Plagiochila minor
- Plagiochila multipinnula
- Plagiochila nepalensis
- Plagiochila ovalifolia
- Plagiochila perserrata
- Plagiochila porelloides
- Plagiochila pseudofirma
- Plagiochila pulcherrima
- Plagiochila punctata
- Plagiochila recurvata
- Plagiochila rigidula
- Plagiochila robustissima
- Plagiochila saclpellifolia
- Plagiochila sawadae
- Plagiochila semidecurrens
- Plagiochila shanghaica
- Plagiochila shimizuana
- Plagiochila sikutzuisana
- Plagiochila spathulaefolia
- Plagiochila subacanthophylla
- Plagiochila tobagensis
- Plagiochila tongtschuana
- Plagiochila torquescens
- Plagiochila trabeculata
- Plagiochila vexans
- Plagiochila wallichiana
- Plagiochila wilsoniana
- Plagiochila wolframii
- Plagiochila yokogurensis
- Plagiochila yunnanensis
- Plagiochila yuwandakensis
- Plagiochila zonata
References
- ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1980). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. IV. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 342–539. ISBN 0-231-04608-1.
- ^ "Plagiochila (Dumort.) Dumort". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ "Plagiochila spinulosa". British Bryological Society. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ Renner, Matt A. M.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Patzak, Simon D. F.; Feldberg, Kathrin; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Rycroft, David S.; Heinrichs, Jochen (2017-07-03). "The New Zealand endemic Plagiochila caducifolia is a disjunct population of Plagiochila spinulosa (Plagiochilaceae: Jungermanniopsida)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 55 (3): 276–292. Bibcode:2017NZJB...55..276R. doi:10.1080/0028825x.2017.1318756. ISSN 0028-825X.
- ^ Heinrichs, J.; Lindner, M.; Groth, H.; Renker, C. (2005-01-01). "Distribution and synonymy of Plagiochila punctata (Taylor) Taylor, with hypotheses on the evolutionary history of Plagiochila sect. Arrectae (Plagiochilaceae, Hepaticae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 250 (1): 105–117. Bibcode:2005PSyEv.250..105H. doi:10.1007/s00606-004-0220-5. ISSN 1615-6110.
- ^ Groth, Henk; Lindner, Melanie; Wilson, Rosemary; Hartmann, Florian A.; Schmull, Michaela; Rob Gradstein, S.; Heinrichs, Jochen (2003). "Biogeography of Plagiochila (Hepaticae): natural species groups span several floristic kingdoms". Journal of Biogeography. 30 (7): 965–978. Bibcode:2003JBiog..30..965G. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00916.x. ISSN 1365-2699.