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''Calypogeia rhynchophylla'' is a species of
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 g ...
in the family
Calypogeiaceae Calypogeiaceae is a family of liverworts. This type of plant is a calcifuge. Genera: * ''Calypogeia'' Raddi (101) * '' Cincinnulus'' (1) * '' Eocalypogeia'' (R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust. (4) * '' Kantius'' (4) * '' Metacalypogeia'' (S.Hatt.) Inou ...
. It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. Its natural
habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
is subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
s.


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Calypogeiaceae Flora of Costa Rica Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bryophyte-stub