''Frullania nisquallensis'', commonly known as hanging millipede liverwort, is a reddish-brown species of
liverwort in the family
Frullaniaceae. It is found in western
Washington and
British Columbia, including
Vancouver Island. The plant grows in mats, sometimes in mats that hang from tree branches (particularly those of alders, or maples), or growing close to the substrate. The leaves are small (1 mm long) and flat, with the lower leaves being slightly smaller than those growing farther up the stem.
[''Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast''. Lone Pine Publishing, 1994. p. 444]
Secondary metabolites
This species contains the
tridepside
A depside is a type of polyphenolic compound composed of two or more monocyclic aromatic units linked by an ester bond. Depsides are most often found in lichens, but have also been isolated from higher plants, including species of the Ericaceae, ...
compound
tenuiron, and the
sesquiterpenes (-)-frullanolide and costunolide, the latter of which has been shown to be damaging to
DNA.
References
Frullaniaceae
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