Lunularia cruciata (L.) Dumort. ex Lindb., 1868

Common names

🇬🇧 Crescent-cup Liverwort
🇫🇷 Lunulaire

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Marchantiophytes
Class: Marchantiopsida
Subclass: Marchantiidae
Order: Lunulariales
Family: Lunulariaceae
Genus: Lunularia
Species: Lunularia cruciata

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The crescent-shaped receptacles and the green, disc-shaped gemmae allow for the identification of L. cruciata.

Lunularia is a monotypic genus.

Photographs

img/lunularia-cruciata.webp — Lunularia cruciata

img/lunularia-cruciata-2.webp — Lunularia cruciata

img/lunularia-cruciata-3.webp — Lunularia cruciata

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 252). British Bryological Society.
Sim-Sim, M. (2019). Lunularia cruciata (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87531062/87714722