Vandiemenia ratkowskiana is the only species of liverwort in the genus Vandiemenia.[3] It is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[1]

Vandiemenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Metzgeriaceae
Genus: Vandiemenia
Hewson[2]
Species:
V. ratkowskiana
Binomial name
Vandiemenia ratkowskiana
Hewson, 1982[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Vandiemenia ratkowskiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T39244A10178869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39244A10178869.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hewson, H. J. (1982). "Vandiemeniaceae: a new family in Metzgeriales". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 52: 163–165.
  3. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 347–348, 504. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.