Radula complanata (L.) Dumort., 1831

Common names

🇬🇧 Even Scalewort
🇫🇷 Radule aplatie

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Marchantiophytes
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Subclass: Jungermanniidae
Order: Porellales
Suborder: Radulineae
Family: Radulaceae
Genus: Radula
Species: Radula complanata

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with R. holtii Spruce, 1887, which has brownish-green leaves, while R. complanata has light yellowish-green leaves.

Possible confusion with R. lindenbergiana Gottsche ex C.Hartm., 1864, which is dioecious, while R. complanata is monoicous.

Found on trees in woodland, in shady and moist places. R. complanata is by far the most common species of the genus Radula in Metropolitan France.

Photographs

img/radula-complanata.webp — *Radula complanata*

img/radula-complanata-2.webp — *Radula complanata*

img/radula-complanata-3.webp — *Radula complanata*

img/radula-complanata-4.webp — *Radula complanata* - Sporophyte

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 202). British Bryological Society.
Schnyder, N. (2019). Radula complanata (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87544349/87739791