Reboulia

Reboulia hemisphaerica, the hemisphaeric liverwort[2] or small mushroom-headed liverwort,[2] is the only species of liverwort in the genus Reboulia.

Reboulia hemisphaerica
Reboulia hemisphaerica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Marchantiophyta
Class:
Marchantiopsida
Order:
Marchantiales
Family:
Aytoniaceae
Genus:
Reboulia

Raddi 1818,[1] nom. cons.
Species:
R. hemisphaerica
Binomial name
Reboulia hemisphaerica
Synonyms
  • Asterella hemisphaerica Beauv.
  • Grimaldia hemisphaerica Lindenb.
  • Marchantia hemisphaerica L.
  • Reboulia queenslandica (Stephani) M. Hicks

A possible second species Reboulia queenslandica (Stephani) M. Hicks was published in 1992,[3] but it was later determined to be a polyploid cross between two varieties of R. hemisphaerica and therefore not a distinct species.[4] Subsequent lists and publications do not recognize it as distinct.[5]

Riccardin C is a phenolic cyclic bibenzyl secondary metabolite isolated from R. hemisphaerica[6] as well as marchantinquinone.[7]

References
  1. Raddi, G (1818). "Novarum vel rariorum ex cryptogamia stirpium in agro florentino collectarum". Opuscoli Scientifici. 2 (6): 349–361.
  2. Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
  3. Hicks, M. L. (1992). "Queensland liverworts: Reboulia Raddi". J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 71: 113–117.
  4. Boisselier-Dubayle, Marie-Catherine; Lambourdiere, Josie; Bischler, Helene (1998). "Taxa delimitation in Reboulia investigated with morphological, cytological, and isozyme markers". The Bryologist. 101 (1): 61–69. doi:10.2307/3244074.
  5. Söderström; et al. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys. 59: 1–826. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.
  6. Asakawa, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Reiko (1982). "RiccardinC, a novel cyclic bibenzyl derivative from Reboulia hemisphaerica". Phytochemistry. 21 (8): 2143–2144. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(82)83073-2.
  7. Ko, Feng-Nien; Liao, Chang-Hui; Wu, Chia-Li (1995). "Marchantinquinone, isolated from Reboulia hemisphaerica, as inhibitor of lipid peroxidation and as free radical scavenger". Chemico-Biological Interactions. 98 (2): 131–143. doi:10.1016/0009-2797(95)03641-5.
  • Media related to Reboulia at Wikimedia Commons
  • Marie L. Hicks. 2004. Bryophyte Flora of North America: Reboulia


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