Species
Seppeltia succuba
Common Name(s)
Liverwort
Current Conservation Status
2009 - Threatened - Nationally Critical
Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB
Previous Conservation Status
2004 - Threatened - Nationally Critical
Qualifiers
2009 - OL, TO
Authority
Seppeltia succuba Grolle
Family
Pallaviciniaceae
Flora Category
Non Vascular - Native
Structural Class
Liverwort
Synonyms
None (first described in 1986)
Distribution
Indigenous. Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand known from the Eyre Mountains.
Features
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.
Endemic Taxon
No
Endemic Genus
No
Endemic Family
No
This page last updated on 9 Jan 2012