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Lophocolea Mediinfrons
''Lophocolea mediinfrons'' is a species of liverwort in the family Lophocoleaceae. The plant was first described by John J. Engel and John E. Braggins in 2010 as ''Chiloscyphus mediinfrons'', and has only been found on Ulva Island in New Zealand. Taxonomy The species was first identified by J.J. Engel and John E. Braggins in 2010 as ''Chiloscyphus mediinfrons''. In 2013, the genus ''Lophocolea'' was revived as being separate from the wider ''Chiloscyphus'', and the species was recombined as ''Lophocolea mediinfrons''. Description ''Lophocolea mediinfrons'' has a soft, spongy and waxy appearance, ranging fro pale green to pale brown in colour. Distinctive features of the species include variable leaf apices, and a leaf-free stem cell gutter. Distribution and habitat ''Lophocolea mediinfrons'' has only been identified as occurring at Flagstaff Point at the northeastern end of Ulva Island, near Stewart Island Stewart Island ( mi, Rakiura, ' glowing skies', o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Papa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. ''Te Papa Tongarewa'' translates literally to "container of treasures" or in full "container of treasured things and people that spring from mother Earth here in New Zealand". Usually known as Te Papa (Māori language, Māori for "Waka huia, the treasure box"), it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. An average of more than 1.5 million people visit every year, making it the List of most-visited art museums, 17th-most-visited art gallery in the world. Te Papa's philosophy emphasises the living face behind its cultural treasures, many of which retain deep ancestral links to the indigenous Māori people. History Colonial Museum The first predecessor to Te Papa was the ''Colonial Museum'', founded in 1865, with James Hector, Sir James Hector as founding director. The Museum was built on Museum Street, roughly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverwort
The Marchantiophyta () are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information. It is estimated that there are about 9000 species of liverworts. Some of the more familiar species grow as a flattened leafless thallus, but most species are leafy with a form very much like a flattened moss. Leafy species can be distinguished from the apparently similar mosses on the basis of a number of features, including their single-celled rhizoids. Leafy liverworts also differ from most (but not all) mosses in that their leaves never have a costa (present in many mosses) and may bear marginal cilia (very rare in mosses). Other differences are not universal for all mosses and liverworts, but the occurrence of leaves arranged in three ranks, the presence of deep lobes or segmented leaves, or a lack of clearly diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophocoleaceae
Lophocoleaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. Genera Genera: *''Bragginsella'' *''Chiloscyphus'' *''Clasmatocolea'' *''Conoscyphus'' *''Cryptolophocolea'' *''Deceptifrons'' *''Evansianthus'' *''Hepatostolonophora'' *''Heteroscyphus'' *''Lamellocolea'' *''Leptophyllopsis'' *''Leptoscyphopsis'' *''Leptoscyphus'' *''Lophocolea'' *''Otoscyphus'' *''Pachyglossa'' *''Perdusenia'' *''Pigafettoa'' *''Platycaulis'' *''Stolonivector'' *''Xenocephalozia'' References {{Authority control Jungermanniales Liverwort families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John E
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulva Island (New Zealand)
Ulva Island (from gd, Eilean na Ulbha) is a small island about long lying within Paterson Inlet, which is part of Stewart Island/Rakiura in New Zealand. It has an area of , of which almost all (261 ha) is part of Rakiura National Park. It was named after the island of Ulva in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland and was formerly called Coopers Island. Ulva Island's relative isolation, but easy access from Stewart Island has allowed it to become an important natural resource area. It is a sanctuary for both birds and plants, holding species that on the mainland of New Zealand are rare or have died out. In 1997, the island was declared rat-free, following an eradication programme, and extirpated birds have been reintroduced to the island. The birds include the South Island saddleback (tieke), yellowhead (mohua) and Stewart Island robin. Other birds on the island that are rare on the mainland include the Stewart Island subspecies of southern brown kiwi (tokoeka), rifleman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophocolea
''Lophocolea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lophocoleaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species The species of the genus ''Lophocolea'' include: * ''Lophocolea aberrans'' Lindenb. & Gottsche * ''Lophocolea aequifolia'' Nees & Mont. * ''Lophocolea bidentata'' (L.) Dumort. * ''Lophocolea heterophylla'' (Schrad.) Dumort. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q17280825 Jungermanniales Jungermanniales genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Island
Stewart Island ( mi, Rakiura, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across the Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a total land area of . Its coastline is deeply creased by Paterson Inlet (east), Port Pegasus (south), and Mason Bay (west). The island is generally hilly (rising to at Mount Anglem) and densely forested. Flightless birds, including penguins, thrive because there are few introduced predators. Almost all the island is owned by the New Zealand government and over 80 per cent of the island is set aside as the Rakiura National Park. Stewart Island's economy depends on fishing and summer tourism. Its permanent population was recorded at 408 people in the 2018 census, most of whom live in the settlement of Oban on the eastern side of the island. Ferries connect the settlement to Bluff in the South Island. Stewart Island/Rakiura is part of the Southland Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrosideros Umbellata
''Metrosideros umbellata'', the southern rātā, is a tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to or more tall with a trunk up to or more in diameter. It produces masses of red flowers in summer. Unlike its relative, northern rātā, this species rarely grows as an epiphyte. Description The flowers of southern rātā are scarlet, with stamens about long. White or yellow flowers are also known. Flowering usually occurs between December and February, but this depends on local conditions. Leaves are from to long, and are sharply pointed. The wood is hard, dense, and very strong. The bark is rough and flaky and provides an ideal stratum for the roots of epiphytic plants such as ''Astelia'' species and Freycinetia banksii (Kiekie). Southern rātā is a major source of honey on the West Coast of the South Island. Kaka, tui, and bellbirds visit rātā to take advantage of the abundant nectar. Distribution It prefers cooler regions with high rainfall and is particularly co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterophylla Racemosa
''Pterophylla racemosa'', known as the kāmahi, is an evergreen tree native to New Zealand. It is part of the ''Pterophylla (plant), Pterophylla'' genus which mostly includes sub-tropical species, but the kāmahi is found in a variety of New Zealand climates from coastal areas to high-elevation inland areas. Description A very common tree throughout New Zealand, kāmahi is evergreen that grows up to 25 m in height (rarely higher) with a trunk up to 24 cm (Wardle & MacRae, 1966). The tree has dark green leathery leaves approximately 7.5cm long and 4cm wide. It produces masses of creamy flowers between October and March which have a sweet, scented smell. The flowers form in erect spikes like clusters and are highly attractive to a range of insects and birds. Distribution and habitat Kāmahi is native to New Zealand although the genus ''Pterophylla'' has a more widespread distribution in Madagascar, Malesia, and the southwest Pacific. Most species of this genus are tropical or sub- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest order of liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts are thalloid, with no leaves. Due to their dorsiventral organization and scale-like, overlapping leaves, the Jungermanniales are sometimes called "scale-mosses". Families of Jungermanniales An updated classification by Söderström et al. 2016 * Cephaloziineae Schljakov amesoniellineae** Adelanthaceae Grolle 1972 amesoniellaceae He-Nygrén et al. 2006** Anastrophyllaceae Söderström et al. 2010b ** Cephaloziaceae Migula 1904 ** Cephaloziellaceae Douin 1920 hycolepidoziaceae Schuster 1967** Lophoziaceae Cavers 1910 ** Scapaniaceae Migula 1904 iplophyllaceae Potemk. 1999; Chaetophyllopsaceae Schuster 1960* Jungermanniineae Schuster ex Stotler & Crandall-Stotler 2000 eocalycineae Schuster 1972** Acrobolbaceae Hodgson 1962 ** Antheliaceae Schuster 1963 ** Arnelliaceae Nakai 1943 ** Balantiopsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
