Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Metzgeria grandiflora Evans

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Hepatophyta

Class
Jungermanniopsida

Order
Metzgeriales

Family
Metzgeriaceae

Genus
Metzgeria

Species
grandiflora

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Clark, L. (1953) Some Hepaticae from Galapagos, Cocos, and other Pacific coast islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 27 (18): 593-623.
  • Evans, A.W. (1916) A new species of Metzgeria from the Galapagos Islands. Torreya 16: 67-70.
  • Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
  • Gradstein, S.R. (2009) Annotated catalogue of the liverworts and hornworts of the Galápagos Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica: Biodiversity and ecology of lichens - Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman 99: 143-162.
  • Kuwahara, Y. (1979) Metzgeria grandiflora Evans, an endemic liverwort of the Galápagos Islands J. Jap. Bot. 54(9): 265-272.
  • León-Yánez, S. Gradstein, S.R. & Wegner, C. (2006) Hepáticas (Marchantiophyta) y Antoceros (Anthocerotophyta) del Ecuador, catálogo. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, 101 pp.
  • Weber, W.A. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.
  • Weber, W.A. (1984) Bryophytes and lichens of the Galápagos Islands. In: Oehser, P.H., Lea, J.S. & Powars, N.L. (eds.): National Geographic Society Research Report 16 (1975 Projects): 781-790.

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