Hymenophyton Explained

Hymenophyton is a genus of the order Pallaviciniales (liverworts) containing one to three species. The genus was formerly described as monotypic, as each member possesses a close morphological resemblance, but phytochemical and molecular evidence now supports an infrageneric classification two separate species. The name Hymenophyton leptopodum, regarded as a synonym of Hymenophyton flabellatum, has been resurrected.[1] A population found in Chile is regarded as a separate clade, and the reinstatement of Hymenophyton pedicellatum has been proposed.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1080/0028825X.2000.9512693 . Pfeiffer . Tanja . 2000 . Molecular relationship of Hymenophyton species (Metzgeriidae, Hepaticophytina) in New Zealand and Tasmania. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 5 . New Zealand Journal of Botany . The Royal Society of New Zealand . 38 . 3 . 415–423 . free .
  2. Pfeiffer. Tanja. Schaumann. Friederike. G. Hässel deMenéndez. Gabriela. Frey. Wolfgang. 2004. Inter- and infraspecific relationships in the Gondwanan liverwort genus Hymenophyton (Hymenophytaceae, Hepaticophytina). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 23. Australian Systematic Botany . 17. 407–421. 10.1071/SB03022. 4. free.

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