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Forked Veilwort

Mosses and Liverworts

Forked veilwort, Metzgeria furcata, is a liverwort of the family Metzgeriaceae with a slim, translucent, ribbon-like thallus about a millimeter wide that forms yellow-green mats and repeatedly forks at its growing tips, with a visible midrib running to the tip of each branch. It grows on the bark of a wide range of trees and shrubs and occasionally on rock, and is found throughout the British Isles, though less commonly in Ireland and parts of the Scottish Highlands, as well as on Scilly, Shetland, Orkney and the Isle of Man.

Facts
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 2
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Scientific Name
Metzgeria furcata 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Marchantiophyta, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Forked Veilwort
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Metzgeria furcata
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q1521031 (P225 taxon name)
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 313827
    Metzgeria furcata, the forked veilwort, is a frequent liverwort growing on the bark of a wide range of tree and shrub species and occasionally on rocks.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 313827
    Metzgeria furcata, the forked veilwort, is a frequent liverwort growing on the bark of a wide range of tree and shrub species and occasionally on rocks.
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2. NatureServe Explorer: Metzgeria furcata
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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3. 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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4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Metzgeria furcata
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8250334, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 8250334, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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GBIF Species API
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Wikidata: Forked Veilwort
  • Wikidata Q1521031, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Marchantiophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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