''Noteroclada confluens'' 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 ...

belonging to the family

Noterocladaceae ''Noteroclada'' is a small genus of liverworts of the Southern Hemisphere. It is classified in order Pelliales and is the only genus in the family Noterocladaceae within that order. Unlike ''Pellia'', the other genus in the order, ''Noter ...

. A study in tropical

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

found that ''Noteroclada confluens'' was typically not found in urban environments despite being found in a nearby pristine location, suggesting that the species is sensitive to

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such as the presence of

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and

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References

Pelliales Flora of Ecuador {{Bryophyte-stub