| Jensenia spinosa | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Pallaviciniales |
| Family: | Pallaviciniaceae |
| Genus: | Jensenia |
| Species: | J. spinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Jensenia spinosa | |
| Synonyms [1] [2] [3] | |
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Jensenia spinosa is a dioicous bryophyte plant in the liverwort family Pallaviciniaceae. It is the only African member of the genus Jensenia, and generally occurs at high elevations. [4] It is widespread but scarce, and has been found in South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda ( Volcanoes National Park at 3,650m), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the islands of Mauritius, Réunion and Saint Helena. [5]
Jensenia spinosa is very similar to its neotropical relative J. erythropus, [5] though geographically isolated. Both may be confused with Symphyogyna species, but the latter's scale-shaped, rather than cup-shaped involucres have been useful in distinguishing the two genera. [4] [6]
- ^ a b "Jensenia spinosa (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Grolle". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ a b Under its current treatment of Jensenia spinosa (from its basionym Symphyogyna spinosa), this species was published in Acta Botanica Fennica 133: 65. 1986. "Name - Jensenia spinosa (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Grolle". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ Symphyogyna spinosa, the basionym of J. spinosa, was originally described and published in Synopsis Hepaticarum 786. 1847. "Name - Symphyogyna spinosa Lindenb. & Gottsche". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ a b "The hepatic, Jensenia spinosa (= Pallavicinia stephanii: Pallaviciniaceae), in southern Africa". Bothalia. 23, 2: 223–229. 1993.
- ^ a b Grolle, Riclef (1979). "Miscellanea hepaticologica 171-180". Journal of Bryology. 10 (3): 263–272. doi: 10.1179/jbr.1979.10.3.263.
- ^ Van der Gronde, K. (1980). "Studies on Colombian Cryptogams. VIII". Mededelingen van Het Botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht. No. 505 Botany. C83 (3): 271–278.
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| Jensenia spinosa | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Pallaviciniales |
| Family: | Pallaviciniaceae |
| Genus: | Jensenia |
| Species: | J. spinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Jensenia spinosa | |
| Synonyms [1] [2] [3] | |
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Jensenia spinosa is a dioicous bryophyte plant in the liverwort family Pallaviciniaceae. It is the only African member of the genus Jensenia, and generally occurs at high elevations. [4] It is widespread but scarce, and has been found in South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda ( Volcanoes National Park at 3,650m), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the islands of Mauritius, Réunion and Saint Helena. [5]
Jensenia spinosa is very similar to its neotropical relative J. erythropus, [5] though geographically isolated. Both may be confused with Symphyogyna species, but the latter's scale-shaped, rather than cup-shaped involucres have been useful in distinguishing the two genera. [4] [6]
- ^ a b "Jensenia spinosa (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Grolle". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ a b Under its current treatment of Jensenia spinosa (from its basionym Symphyogyna spinosa), this species was published in Acta Botanica Fennica 133: 65. 1986. "Name - Jensenia spinosa (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Grolle". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ Symphyogyna spinosa, the basionym of J. spinosa, was originally described and published in Synopsis Hepaticarum 786. 1847. "Name - Symphyogyna spinosa Lindenb. & Gottsche". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ a b "The hepatic, Jensenia spinosa (= Pallavicinia stephanii: Pallaviciniaceae), in southern Africa". Bothalia. 23, 2: 223–229. 1993.
- ^ a b Grolle, Riclef (1979). "Miscellanea hepaticologica 171-180". Journal of Bryology. 10 (3): 263–272. doi: 10.1179/jbr.1979.10.3.263.
- ^ Van der Gronde, K. (1980). "Studies on Colombian Cryptogams. VIII". Mededelingen van Het Botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht. No. 505 Botany. C83 (3): 271–278.
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