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Crescent-cup Liverwort

Mosses and Liverworts

Lunularia is a genus of liverworts whose only species is Lunularia cruciata, the crescent-cup liverwort. The genus is sometimes placed in its own order, Lunulariales, or classified within Marchantiales depending on the taxonomic scheme used. Its name comes from the Latin luna, meaning moon, for the distinctive moon-shaped gemma cups it bears, crescent-shaped structures holding disc-like reproductive bodies not found in other thalloid liverworts.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Large, dichotomously branched green thalli with crescent shaped gemma cups containing disc-like gemmae 1

Scientific Name

Lunularia cruciata 1

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 5

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Crescent-cup Liverwort

In Ecosystem

Mediterranean Basin

Source Wikipedia: Lunularia

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Lunularia

Lead paragraph
Lunularia is a genus of liverworts whose only species is Lunularia cruciata, the crescent-cup liverwort.
Description section
Lunularia cruciata grows large, dichotomously branched green thalli with crescent shaped gemma cups containing disc-like gemmae.
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 295824
Lunularia is a genus of liverworts whose only species is Lunularia cruciata, the crescent-cup liverwort.
Distribution
Ella Orr Campbell believed that L. cruciata was introduced into New Zealand sometime after 1867.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Lunularia cruciata

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45

"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Plants","language":"EN"},{"name":"Flora","language":"EN"}],"cites_listings":[]

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5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Lunularia cruciata

GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 5286308, category field

Quote, GBIF taxon key 5286308, category field

"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Wikidata: Crescent-cup Liverwort

Wikidata Q1474234, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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