Schljakovia

Schljakovia
Schljakovia kunzeana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Lophoziales
Family: Anastrophyllaceae
Genus: Schljakovia
Konstant. & Vilnet
Species:
S. kunzeana
Binomial name
Schljakovia kunzeana
(Huebener) Konstant. & Vilnet
Synonyms[1]
  • Lophozia kunzeana (Huebener) A.Evans

Schljakovia is a monotypic genus of liverworts belonging to the family Anastrophyllaceae. The only known species is Schljakovia kunzeana.[1]

The genus was described by Nadezhda Konstantinova and Anna Alexandrovna Vilnet in Arctoa vol.18 on page 66 in 2009.[1]

It is native to Eurasia and Northern America.[1]

The genus name of Schljakovia is in honour of Roman Nicolaevich Schljakov (1912–1999), who was a Russian naturalist and botanist (Bryology and Lichenology) and Geobotanist. He worked at Komarov Botanical Institute.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Schljakovia Konstant. & Vilnet". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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