Hymenophyton flabellatum

Hymenophyton flabellatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Pallaviciniales
Family: Hymenophytaceae
Genus: Hymenophyton
Species:
H. flabellatum
Binomial name
Hymenophyton flabellatum
(Labill.) Dumort. ex Trevis

Hymenophyton flabellatum is a species of the order Pallaviciniales (liverworts), one of perhaps several species in the genus Hymenophyton.[1][2] It is a dendroid thalloid liverwort belongs to the family Hymenophytaceae and is commonly known as Fan liverwort. It is found in New Zealand, Chile, and common in wet forests of Australia and Tasmania.[2] Hymenophyton flabellatum closely resembles with small filmy fern, Hymenophyllum and can be confused with the liverwort, Symphyogyna hymenophyllum.[3]

Hymenophyton flabellatum found in Growling Swallett
Growling Swallett
  1. ^ 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. 38 (3). The Royal Society of New Zealand: 415–423. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2000.9512693.
  2. ^ a b Pfeiffer, Tanja; Schaumann Friederike; Menéndez Gabriela G. Hässel de; Frey Wolfgang (2004). "Inter- and infraspecific relationships in the Gondwanan liverwort genus Hymenophyton (Hymenophytaceae, Hepaticophytina). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 23" (PDF). Australian Systematic Botany. 17 (4): 407–421. doi:10.1071/SB03022.
  3. ^ "Key to Tasmanian Dicots". www.utas.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-03-17.