Vandiemenia

Vandiemenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Metzgeriaceae
Genus: Vandiemenia
Hewson
Species:
V. ratkowskiana
Binomial name
Vandiemenia ratkowskiana
Hewson, 1982

Vandiemenia ratkowskiana is the only species of liverwort in the genus Vandiemenia. It is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. Its natural habitat is temperate wet forests. The species is only known to occur on rotten logs in wet sclerophyll forest dominated by Eucalyptus delegatensis at mid-altitudes on Kunanyi/Mt Wellington.

References

  1. 1 2 Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Vandiemenia ratkowskiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000 e.T39244A10178869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39244A10178869.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Hewson, H. J. (1982). "Vandiemeniaceae: a new family in Metzgeriales". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 52: 163–165.
  3. ↑ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 347–348, 504. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.