Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort., 1835

Common names

🇬🇧 Variable-leaved Crestwort

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Marchantiophytes
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Subclass: Jungermanniidae
Order: Jungermanniales
Suborder: Lophocoleineae
Family: Lophocoleaceae
Genus: Lophocolea
Species: Lophocolea heterophylla

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The leaves are bilobed, except at the shoot tips where they are entire. Found on decaying stumps in woodland.

Photographs

img/lophocolea-heterophylla.webp — Lophocolea heterophylla

img/lophocolea-heterophylla-2.webp — Lophocolea heterophylla

img/lophocolea-heterophylla-3.webp — Lophocolea heterophylla

img/lophocolea-heterophylla-4.webp — Lophocolea heterophylla - Leaves

img/lophocolea-heterophylla-5.webp — Lophocolea heterophylla - Rhizoids

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 184). British Bryological Society.
Gabriel, R., & Sim-Sim, M. (2019). Lophocolea heterophylla (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88279435/88382588