Cololejeunea falcidentata
Common name
Liverwort
Synonyms
None
Family
Lejeuneaceae
Flora category
Non-vascular – Native
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Liverworts
Current conservation status
- Conservation status of New Zealand mosses, 2014 (PDF, 583.87 kB)
The conservation status of 109 New Zealand moss taxa was assessed using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). Four taxa and one undescribed entity that were not included in previous assessments have been added to the list. The conservation status of only two taxa has changed in this assessment. A full list is presented, along with a statistical summary and brief notes on the changes. This list replaces all previous NZTCS lists for mosses. Authors: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Allan J. Fife, Jessica E. Beever, Patrick J. Brownsey and Rodney A. Hitchmough.
- Conservation status of New Zealand hornworts and liverworts, 2014 (PDF, 695.44 kB)
The conservation status of the New Zealand hornwort and liverwort flora is reassessed using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). A full list is presented, along with a statistical summary and brief notes on the most important changes. This list replaces all previous NZTCS lists for New Zealand hornworts and liverworts which previously had been part of a generic bryophyte conservation status assessment that included mosses. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, David Glenny, John Braggins, Matt Renner, Matt von Konrat, John Engel, Catherine Reeb and Jeremy Rolfe.
Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2009 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: DP, RR, Sp
Previous conservation status
2004 | Threatened – Nationally Critical
Distribution
Endemic. New Zealand: North Island (Northland from Herekino and Mangamuka south to Waipu)
Habitat
Corticolous. Coastal to lowland. Usually on totara (Podocarpus cunninghamii and P. totara var. totara) bark.
Detailed description
Plants corticolous, minute dull yellow-green to golden. Forming diffuse patches up to 50 um in diameter, weakly geniculate. Stem straight. Leaves almost flat, weakly imbricate, 350-370 x 240-255 um, ovate with postical side almost straight above lobule. Lobule c.0.4x lobe length and 0.375 lobe width. Cells at lobe apex slightly bulging but not strongly tuberculate. Dorsal surface with low tuberculae, thoiloid, one per cell to 6 um tall and 6.0-7.5 um diameter. Oil bodies 2-7 per cell, narrow spindle shaped, granular, 4.5-6.0 x 1.5-2.0 um. Ocelli absent, though a row of larger cells in the leaf base close to the keel margin is present. Lobules oval in shape, inflated and all identical cells not projecting except for a few low tuberculae at the distal end of the keel. Lobule furnished with a 2-celled, conspicuously falcate tooth that almost reaches the leaf margin, with papilla at base of lower cell. Gemmae subspherical, multicellular, common on ventral surface of older leaves. Perianth dorsiventrally flattened with 4 distinct keels. Stylus scarcely evident.
Fruiting
Fruiting plants have yet to be seen
Threats
Although apparently extinct at Mangamuka (searches for it there have been undertaken) ad hoc surveys for this species have disclosed several large populations in scattered sites throughout Northland. Because it is very small this species is very easily overlooked, and as recent surveys suggest probably even more widespread than is currently known
Substrate
Corticolous on Leptospermum scoparium and Podocarpus totara var. totara bark. Often associated with Lejeunea flava
Attribution
Fact Sheet Prepared for NZPCN by: P.J. de Lange November 2009. Description adapted from unpublished notes provided by J.E. Braggins by P.J. de Lange (November 2009)
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: de Lange, P.J. (Year at time of access): Cololejeunea falcidentata Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/cololejeunea-falcidentata/ (Date website was queried)