Myriocolea irrorata

Colura irrorata
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Jungermanniopsida
Order:	Porellales
Family:	Lejeuneaceae
Genus:	Colura
Species:	C. irrorata
Binomial name
	Colura irrorata; (Spruce) Heinrichs, Y. Yu, Schäf.-Verw. & Pócs

Myriocolea irrorata is a species of liverworts in the Lejeuneaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Since 2012 it has been transferred to the genus Colura.[1]

Sources

Heinrichs, Jochen; Dong, Shanshan; Yu, Ying; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Pócs, Tamás; Feldberg, Kathrin; Hentschel, Jörn; Schmidt, Alexander R.; Schneider, Harald (2012-09-25). "A 150 year-old mystery solved: Transfer of the rheophytic endemic liverwort Myriocolea irrorata to Colura". Phytotaxa. 66 (1): 55–64. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.66.1.9. ISSN 1179-3163.

Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. Myriocolea irrorata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.

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[1] Heinrichs, Jochen; Dong, Shanshan; Yu, Ying; Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons; Pócs, Tamás; Feldberg, Kathrin; Hentschel, Jörn; Schmidt, Alexander R.; Schneider, Harald (2012-09-25). "A 150 year-old mystery solved: Transfer of the rheophytic endemic liverwort Myriocolea irrorata to Colura". Phytotaxa. 66 (1): 55–64. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.66.1.9. ISSN 1179-3163.