Galapagos Species Database

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Plagiochila aerea Tayl.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Hepatophyta

Class
Jungermanniopsida

Order
Jungermanniales

Family
Plagiochilaceae

Genus
Plagiochila

Species
aerea

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Plagiochila bursata (Desv.) Lindenb. nom. illeg., fide Grolle & Heinrichs (1999)

References

  • Arnell, S. (1961) Hepaticae. In: Bartram, E.B. & Arnell, S. (eds.): Bryophytes of the Galápagos islands collected principally by Gunnar Harling in 1959. The Bryologist 64: 248-249.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Grolle, R. Heinrichs, J. (1999) Redescription and synonymy of Plagiochila aerea Taylor 1846 (Hepaticae), first described as Lycopodium pinnatum by Lamarck 1792. Nova Hedwigia 68: 511-525.
  • Inoue, H. Gradstein, S.R. (1980) Notes on the Plagiochilaceae, IX. A Review of the genus Plagiochila (Dum.) Dum. (Hepaticae) in the Galapagos Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series B, Bot. 6(1): 7-22.
  • 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, Plagiochila aerea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4645. Accessed 30 October 2026.