Claim · model-written summary
Based on morphological and molecular data, the plant is described as a new bryophyte species, Sphaerocarpos ibericus.
- Taxon
- Sphaerocarpos ibericusSphaerocarpos ibericuse0
- Outcome
- new speciese0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“we describe the plant as a new species of bryophyte, Sphaerocarpos ibericus”
Title
Marta Infante; Modesto Luceño; Begoña Quirós-de-la-Peña; et al. Journal of Bryology 2024. doi:10.1080/03736687.2024.2365046
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Sphaerocarpos ibericus is diagnosed by cylindrical female involucres with a partially bistratose wall whose inner cells are finger-like and arranged in more-or-less definite ribs in the medial part.
- Observation The distal part of the spores of Sphaerocarpos ibericus is covered with complete areolae, larger at the centre than at the sides, becoming incomplete with lamellae turning into ridges toward the line where the tetrad spores join.
- Observation Sphaerocarpos ibericus is, so far, an Iberian endemic.
- Observation According to published illustrations, Portuguese specimens identified as S. stipitatus pertain to the new species.
- Recommendation S. stipitatus auct. eur. non Lindenb. should be removed from the European liverwort flora.