''Kymatocalyx rhizomaticus'',

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...

''Stenorrhipis rhizomatica'', is a species of

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

Cephaloziellaceae Cephaloziellaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. Genera As accepted in 2016 (with the number of species in parentheses): *''Allisoniella'' E.A.Hodgs. (5) *''Amphicephalozia'' R.M.Schust. (3) *''Anastrophyllops ...

family. According to the 2000

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, where it was assessed under the synonym ''Stenorrhipis rhizomatica'', it is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Sarawak Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...

. Other sources give its distribution as Central America and northern South America.

References

Flora of Sarawak Flora of Southern America Jungermanniales Least concern plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bryophyte-stub