''Conocephalum supradecompositum'' is a species of
thalloid liverwort
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry ...
in the genus ''
Conocephalum
''Conocephalum'' is a genus of complex Glossary of botanical terms#thallose, thalloid liverworts in the Order (biology), order Marchantiales and is the only extant genus in the Family (biology), family Conocephalaceae.AKIYAMA, H. (2022). Morpholo ...
'', 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 t ...
and the family
Conocephalaceae
''Conocephalum'' is a genus of complex thalloid liverworts in the order Marchantiales and is the only extant genus in the family Conocephalaceae.AKIYAMA, H. (2022). Morphological and ecological diversification of Conocephalum conicum complex in ...
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''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
Bryophytes () are a group of embryophyte, land plants (embryophytes), sometimes treated as a taxonomic Division (taxonomy), division referred to as Bryophyta ''Sensu#Common qualifiers, sensu lato'', that contains three groups of non-vascular pla ...
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Marchantiophyta
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular plant, non-vascular embryophyte, land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in wh ...
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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 t ...
* ''
Conocephalum
''Conocephalum'' is a genus of complex Glossary of botanical terms#thallose, thalloid liverworts in the Order (biology), order Marchantiales and is the only extant genus in the Family (biology), family Conocephalaceae.AKIYAMA, H. (2022). Morpholo ...
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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 speci ...
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Conocephalum salebrosum''
References
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Marchantiales
Flora of Asia