Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Fossombronia porphyrorhiza
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Hepatophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Metzgeriales
Family
Fossombroniaceae
Genus
Fossombronia
Species
porphyrorhiza
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Fossombronia brasiliensis
- 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.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Fossombronia porphyrorhiza", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4562. Accessed 5 November 2026.