Claim · model-written summary
Treubia tasmanica sporophytes differed from the accepted normal liverwort pattern.
- Taxon
- Treubia tasmanicaTreubia tasmanicae0
- Outcome
- differ in several wayse0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Sporophytes of Treubia tasmanica R.M.Schust. & G.A.M.Scott, newly discovered in 2021, differ in several ways from what is generally accepted as ‘normal’ for liverworts”
Title
The fruiting body of Treubia tasmanica (Marchantiophyta: Treubiaceae)
Thomas Thekathyil Telopea 2024. doi:10.7751/telopea17631
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation The seta is chlorophyllose.
- Observation The seta grows slowly.
- Observation The seta persists after spore dispersal.
- Observation Growing sporophytes are positively phototropic and respond within hours to changes in light orientation.
- Observation There is some evidence of seta senescence before death.
- Observation Opened capsule valves close in adverse weather.
- Observation Opened capsule valves reopen under dry conditions.