Lepicolea Explained

Lepicolea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lepicoleaceae.^[1]

The genus was first described by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, but mostly in the southern hemisphere. Such as species Lepicolea ochroleuca is found in Chile,^[2] and Brazil, Lepicolea prudent is found in Colombia and Lepicolea ramenifissa is found in Venezuela and Bolivia.^[3]

Lepicolea ochroleuca also belongs to the Gondwanaland flora with occurrences in South Africa, New Zealand and especially South America, reaching up to Mexico. It was also found to contains a natural compound called Ligan,^[2] and also Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids.^[4]

Species

As accepted by GBIF;

• Lepicolea abnormis
• Lepicolea algoides
• Lepicolea attenuata
• Lepicolea bidentula
• Lepicolea boliviensis
• Lepicolea fissa
• Lepicolea flaccida
• Lepicolea georgica
• Lepicolea herzogiana
• Lepicolea longifissa
• Lepicolea loriana
• Lepicolea magellanica
• Lepicolea norrisii
• Lepicolea ochroleuca
• Lepicolea pruinosa
• Lepicolea ramenifissa
• Lepicolea ramentifissa
• Lepicolea rara
• Lepicolea rigida
• Lepicolea scolopendra
• Lepicolea simplicior
• Lepicolea yakushimensis
• Lepicolea yakusimensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lepicolea Dumort. . www.gbif.org . 26 June 2023 . en.
2. Cullmann . Frank . Becker . Hans . Lignans from the liverwort Lepicolea ochroleuca . Phytochemistry . December 1999 . 52 . 8 . 1651–1656 . 10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00372-6.
3. Web site: Public Search of Virtual Herbarium . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br . 26 June 2023.
4. Liu . Huei-Ju . Wu . Chia-Li . Becker . Hans . Zapp . Josef . Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids from the Chilean liverwort Lepicolea ochroleuca . Phytochemistry . April 2000 . 53 . 8 . 845–849 . 10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00609-3.