''Conocephalum supradecompositum'' is a species of
thalloid 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 ...
in the genus ''
Conocephalum'', of the order
Marchantiales
Marchantiales is an order of thallose liverworts (also known as "complex thalloid liverworts") that includes species like '' Marchantia polymorpha'', a widespread plant often found beside rivers, and ''Lunularia cruciata'', a common and often tro ...
and the family
Conocephalaceae.
''C. supradecompositum'' has a distribution that is mainly restricted to China and Japan.
''C. supradecompositum'' has very distinct chemical composition from the species ''Conocephalum'' ''conicum.''
Habitat and distribution
''Conocephalum supradecompositum'' is mainly restricted to China and Japan.
Morphology
''Conocephalum supradecompositum'' is relatively small in size, compared to ''C. conicum'', with a thallus roughly 2-3 cm long.
Chemical composition
''Conocephalum supradecompositum'' has very distinct chemical composition from the species ''C. conicum.''
Monoterpenoid
Monoterpenes are a class of terpenes that consist of two isoprene units and have the molecular formula C10H16. Monoterpenes may be linear (acyclic) or contain rings (monocyclic and bicyclic). Modified terpenes, such as those containing oxygen funct ...
content in ''C. supradecompositum'' is much less than that of ''C. conicum.''
See also
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Bryophyte
The Bryophyta s.l. are a proposed taxonomic division containing three groups of non-vascular land plants ( embryophytes): the liverworts, hornworts and mosses. Bryophyta s.s. consists of the mosses only. They are characteristically limited ...
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Marchantiophyta
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 ...
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Marchantiales
Marchantiales is an order of thallose liverworts (also known as "complex thalloid liverworts") that includes species like '' Marchantia polymorpha'', a widespread plant often found beside rivers, and ''Lunularia cruciata'', a common and often tro ...
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Conocephalum''
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Conocephalum conicum
''Conocephalum conicum'', also known as the great scented liverwort or snakeskin liverwort, is a liverwort species in the genus '' Conocephalum''. ''C. conicum'' is part of the ''Conocephalum conicum'' complex, which includes several cryptic spe ...
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* ''
Conocephalum salebrosum''
References
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Marchantiales
Flora of Asia