Colura irrorata explained

Colura irrorata is a species of liverworts in family Lejeuneaceae.[1] It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was previously place known as Myriocolea irrorata, but was transferred to Colura in 2012 following a phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and plastid molecular markers and a reinterpretation of morphological characters.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colura irrorata . The Bryophyte Nomenclator . 7 March 2023.
  2. Heinrichs. Jochen. Dong. Shanshan. Yu. Ying. Schäfer-Verwimp. Alfons. Pócs. Tamás. Feldberg. Kathrin. Hentschel. Jörn. Schmidt. Alexander R.. Schneider. Harald. 2012-09-25. A 150 year-old mystery solved: Transfer of the rheophytic endemic liverwort Myriocolea irrorata to Colura. Phytotaxa. en. 66. 1. 55–64. 10.11646/phytotaxa.66.1.9. 1179-3163.

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