''Radula perrottetii'' is a species of plant in genus ''
Radula
The radula (, ; plural radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food ...
'', a genus of
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 ...
s. It is endemic in
Japan. It contains the small molecule
perrottetinene
Perrottetinene is a naturally occurring cannabinoid compound found in liverworts from the genus ''Radula'' native to Japan, New Zealand and Costa Rica, namely '' Radula perrottetii'', '' Radula marginata'' and ''Radula laxiramea'', along with a n ...
a
cannabinoid
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and other metabolites of scientific interest including
marchantin A.
References
Porellales
Flora of Japan
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