Seppeltia succuba
Common name
Liverwort
Synonyms
None (first described in 1986)
Family
Pallaviciniaceae
Flora category
Non-vascular – Native
Endemic taxon
No
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 | Threatened – Nationally Critical | Qualifiers: OL, TO
Previous conservation status
2004 | Threatened – Nationally Critical
Distribution
Indigenous. Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand known from the Eyre Mountains.
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.
Fruiting
Not seen
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.
Substrate
Terricolous on banks of small alpine streams.