Frullania knightbridgei, a new liverwort (Frullaniaceae, Marchantiophyta) species from the deep south of Aotearoa-New Zealand based on an integrated evidence-based approach.
Frullania is a large and taxonomically complex genus. A new liverwort species, Frullania knightbridgei, sp. nov. from southern New Zealand, is described and illustrated. The new species, and its placement in Frullania subg. Microfrullania, is based on an integrated evidence-based approach derived from morphology, ecology, experimental growth studies of plasticity, as well as sequence data. Diagnostic characters associated with the leaf and lobule cell-wall anatomy, oil-bodies, and spore ultra-structure distinguish it from all other New Zealand species of Frullania. A critical comparison is also made between Frullania knightbridgei and morphologically allied species of botanical regions outside the New Zealand region and an artificial key is provided. The new species is similar to some forms of the widespread Australasian species, F. rostrata, but has unique characters associated with the lobule and oilbodies. Frullania knightbridgei is remarkably interesting in comparison with the majority of Frullania species, and indeed liverworts in general, in that it is at least partially halotolerant. Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses of nuclear ribosomal ITS2 and plastidic trnL-trnF sequences from purported related species confirms its independent taxonomic status and corroborates its placement within Frullania subg. Microfrullania.
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Keywords
Frullaniaceae; Frullania; subg. Microfrullania; F. knightbridgei sp. nov.; morphology; DNA sequence data; New Zealand Flora; halotolerant liverwort
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Geographic Coverage
A new Frullania species from southern New Zealand with exemplars from elsewhere in New Zealand, as well as the Kermadec Islands
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-53.96, -180], North East [-30.75, 160.66] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Frullania is a large and taxonomically complex genus. A new liverwort species, Frullania knightbridgei, sp. nov. from southern New Zealand, is described and illustrated. The new species, and its placement in Frullania subg. Microfrullania, is based on an integrated evidence-based approach derived from morphology, ecology, experimental growth studies of plasticity, as well as sequence data. Diagnostic characters associated with the leaf and lobule cell-wall anatomy, oil-bodies, and spore ultra-structure distinguish it from all other New Zealand species of Frullania. A critical comparison is also made between Frullania knightbridgei and morphologically allied species of botanical regions outside the New Zealand region and an artificial key is provided. The new species is similar to some forms of the widespread Australasian species, F. rostrata, but has unique characters associated with the lobule and oilbodies. Frullania knightbridgei is remarkably interesting in comparison with the majority of Frullania species, and indeed liverworts in general, in that it is at least partially halotolerant. Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses of nuclear ribosomal ITS2 and plastidic trnL-trnF sequences from purported related species confirms its independent taxonomic status and corroborates its placement within Frullania subg. Microfrullania.
| Species | Frullania knightbridgei |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1960-12-10 / 2009-10-19 |
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Project Data
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| Title | Revision of the liverwort genus Frulania |
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| Funding | The financial assistance of Caterpillar Inc., National Geographic Committee for Research (Award No. 7379-02), GBIF Seed Money (Award No. 2007/41), and the National Science Foundation (Award Nos. 0949136; 0749762) is gratefully acknowledged. |
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Sampling Methods
Collections undertaken in New Zealand
| Study Extent | Collections undertaken in New Zealand |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | plant specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | n/a |
| Parent Collection Identifier | n/a |
| Specimen preservation methods | Dried |
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