Lepicolea | |
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Lepicolea ochroleuca | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
Order: | Lepidoziales |
Family: | Lepicoleaceae |
Genus: | Lepicolea Dumort. [1] |
Type species | |
Lepicolea scolopendra (Hook.) Dumort. ex Trevis. | |
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Lepicolea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lepicoleaceae. [2] [3]
The genus was first described by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier. [3]
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, but mostly in the southern hemisphere. [3] Lepicolea ochroleuca is found in Chile [4] [5] and Brazil, Lepicolea prudent is found in Colombia and Lepicolea ramenifissa is found in Venezuela and Bolivia. [6]
Lepicolea ochroleuca also belongs to the Gondwanaland flora with occurrences in South Africa, New Zealand and especially South America, reaching up to Mexico. It was also found to contains a natural compound called Ligan, [5] and also Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids. [4]
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