| Lepicolea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Lepidoziales |
| Family: | Lepicoleaceae |
| Genus: | Lepicolea Dumort. |
| Type species | |
| Lepicolea scolopendra (Hook.) Dumort. ex Trevis. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leperoma Mitt. | |
Lepicolea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lepicoleaceae.
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 (Spreng.) Spruce is found in Chile, and Brazil, Lepicolea prudent (Taylor) Spruce is found in Colombia and Lepicolea ramenifissa Herzog is found in Venezuela and Bolivia.
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, and also Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids.
Species
As accepted by GBIF;
- Lepicolea abnormis Stephani
- Lepicolea algoides Stephani
- Lepicolea attenuata (Mitt.) Steph.
- Lepicolea bidentula (Steph.) R.M.Schust.
- Lepicolea boliviensis Steph.
- Lepicolea fissa Stephani
- Lepicolea flaccida Stephani
- Lepicolea georgica Stephani
- Lepicolea herzogiana Steph.
- Lepicolea longifissa Stephani
- Lepicolea loriana Stephani
- Lepicolea magellanica (Gola) Solari
- Lepicolea norrisii Piippo
- Lepicolea ochroleuca (Spreng.) Spruce
- Lepicolea pruinosa (Taylor) Spruce
- Lepicolea ramenifissa Herzog
- Lepicolea ramentifissa Herzog
- Lepicolea rara (Steph.) Grolle
- Lepicolea rigida (De Not.) E.B.Scott
- Lepicolea scolopendra (Hook.) Dumort. ex Trevis.
- Lepicolea simplicior Herzog
- Lepicolea yakushimensis (S.Hatt.) S.Hatt.
- Lepicolea yakusimensis (S.Hatt.) S.Hatt.
References
- Dumortier, B.C.J., 1835. Recueil d'Observations sur les Jungermanniacées 20.
- Söderström, Lars; Hagborg, Anders; von Konrat, Matt; Bartholomew-Began, Sharon; Bell, David; Briscoe, Laura; Brown, Elizabeth; Cargill, D. Christine; da Costa, Denise Pinheiro; Crandall-Stotler, Barbara J.; Cooper, Endymion; Dauphin, Gregorio; Engel, John; Feldberg, Kathrin; Glenny, David; Gradstein, S. Robbert; He, Xiaolan; Hentschel, Joern; Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza; Katagiri, Tomoyuki; Konstantinova, Nadezhda A.; Larraín, Juan; Long, David; Nebel, Martin; Pócs, Tamás; Puche, Felisa; Reiner-Drehwald, Elena; Renner, Matt; Sass-Gyarmati, Andrea; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Segarra-Moragues, José; Stotler, Raymond E.; Sukkharak, Phiangphak; Thiers, Barbara; Uribe, Jaime; Váňa, Jiří; Wigginton, Martin; Zhang, Li; Zhu, Rui-Liang (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys (59): 1–828. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.
- ^ "Lepicolea Dumort". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ Liu, Huei-Ju; Wu, Chia-Li; Becker, Hans; Zapp, Josef (April 2000). "Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids from the Chilean liverwort Lepicolea ochroleuca". Phytochemistry. 53 (8): 845–849. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00609-3.
- ^ Cullmann, Frank; Becker, Hans (December 1999). "Lignans from the liverwort Lepicolea ochroleuca". Phytochemistry. 52 (8): 1651–1656. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(99)00372-6.
- "Public Search of Virtual Herbarium". floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
External links
Data related to Lepicolea at Wikispecies
Media related to Lepicoleaceae at Wikimedia Commons
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| Lepicolea | |