Lepidozia bragginsiana | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
Order: | Jungermanniales |
Family: | Lepidoziaceae |
Genus: | Lepidozia |
Species: | L. bragginsiana
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Binomial name | |
Lepidozia bragginsiana E.D.Cooper & M.A.M.Renner, 2014
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Lepidozia bragginsiana is a species of liverwort in the order Jungermanniales, native to New Zealand. The species was first described by Endymion Dante Cooper and Matthew Anton Martyn Renner in 2014. [2]
The species was named after New Zealand bryologist John E. Braggins. [3]
The species is pale green to golden yellow-green in colour, and can be distinguished from other Lepidozia species by its bipinnate branching, erect primary shoots and wide-spreading leaves on primary shoots. [3]
The species forms a clade with Lepidozia concinna and Lepidozia pendulina. All three species are endemic to New Zealand. [3]
Lepidozia bragginsiana is endemic to New Zealand, found primarily in humid forested areas of the West Coast Region of the South Island, at an elevation between approximately 200 m (660 ft) and 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [3]