Seppeltia succuba
Common names
Liverwort
Biostatus
Native
Current conservation status
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: P.J. de Lange, D. Glenny, K. Frogley, M.A.M. Renner, M. von Konrat, J.J. Engel, C. Reeb and J.R. Rolfe.
Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2020 | Data Deficient | Qualifiers: OL, Sp, TO
Category
Non-vascular
Structural class
Liverworts
Detailed description
Dioicous. Plants green, 30.0-40.0 x 3.5-5.0 mm, unbranched or spraingly branched. Stem fleshy, fragile, 0.9-1.2 mm wide. Leaf-like lobes alternate, succubously and broadly inserted, up to 3 x 5 mm but often smaller. leaf-like lobe cells thin walled, irregularly hexagonal, 28-44 x 40-60 micrometre, cuticle smooth. Gynoecia dorsal on the axis, near but not at the shoot apex, one per shoot with an involucral scale.
Distribution
Indigenous. Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand known from the Eyre Mountains.
Substrate details
Terricolous on banks of small alpine streams.
Threats
The actual threats to this species are unclear it being listed because it is known from only a few gatherings from a single site.
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
None (first described in 1986)
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Fruiting
Not seen
Other information
Previous conservation statuses
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: P.J. de Lange, D. Glenny, K. Frogley, M.A.M. Renner, M. von Konrat, J.J. Engel, C. Reeb and J.R. Rolfe.
Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2009 | Threatened – Nationally Critical | Qualifiers: OL, TO
2004 | Threatened – Nationally Critical