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tasmanian liverworts - lepidoziaceae
kurzia dendroides
1. Kurzia dendroides habitat
This appears to be a rare liverwort with few collections made in recent times. It may be distinguished from Kurzia tenax in having laminar cells no smaller than those of leaf lobe cells. Additionally the comb appendiculae (uniseriate cells at the base of leaf) is made up of 3-5 cells. Admittedly the marginal appendages in this specimen have more cells but they do differ from those of K. tenax
.What casts some doubt on the identification is that Carrington & Pearson's original description explitly states 'no trigones' on the leaves while our image clearly shows their presence.
In a note in Australian Bryological Newsletter of 2009 David Glenny reported discovering this species growing together with Riccardia cochleata in New Zealand. The same was observed of the Blue Tier specimen.
 2. K. dendroides leaf |
 3. K. dendroides leaf cells |
References:
-Carrington, B. & Pearson, W.H. Lembidium dendroides in
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
1887-1888 p. 1047-1048