Species

Brevianthus flavus

Etymology

flavus: pale yellow

Common Name(s)

Liverwort

Current Conservation Status

2009 - At Risk - Naturally Uncommon

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 Endangered

Qualifiers

2009 - Sp, TO

Authority

Brevianthus flavus (Grolle) J.J.Engel & R.M.Schust.

Family

Brevianthaceae

Flora Category

Non Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

BREFLA

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Liverwort

Habitat

Corticolous on thelower trunks of Kauri (Agathis australis (D.Don) Lindl.), yellow silver pine (Lepidothamnus intermedisu (Kirk) Quinn) and silver pine (Manoao colensoi (Hook.) Molloy in northern kauri, northern North Island cloud and South Island, West Coast cloud forests

Endemic Taxon

No

Endemic Genus

No

Endemic Family

No


This page last updated on 9 Jan 2012