Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Notothylas galapagensis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthocerotophyta
Class
Anthocerotopsida
Order
Anthocerotales
Family
Notothyladaceae
Genus
Notothylas
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
accord. to Gradstein (2009) erroneously reported as Notothylas orbicularis (Schwein.) Sull. by Evans (1902) fide Howe (1934)
Origin: Endemic
- 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. (1902) Hepaticae. In: Robinson, B.L. (ed.): Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the American Arts and Sciences 38: 100-101.
- 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.
- Howe, M.A. (1934) The Hepaticae (chiefly Riccia and Anthocerotaceae) of the Galapagos Islands and the coast and islands of Central America and Mexico. The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 17. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 21 (17): 199-210.
- 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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