Lepicolea
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| Lepicolea | |
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| Lepicolea ochroleuca | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Lepidoziales |
| Family: | Lepicoleaceae |
| Genus: | Lepicolea Dumort. [1] |
| Type species | |
| Lepicolea scolopendra (Hook.) Dumort. ex Trevis. | |
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Lepicolea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lepicoleaceae.[2][3]
The genus was first described by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier.[3]
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, but mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.[3] Lepicolea ochroleuca is found in Chile[4][5] and Brazil, Lepicolea prudent is found in Colombia and Lepicolea ramenifissa is found in Venezuela and Bolivia.[6]
Lepicolea ochroleuca also belongs to the Gondwanaland flora with occurrences in South Africa, New Zealand and especially South America, reaching up to Mexico. It was also found to contains a natural compound called Ligan,[5] and also Sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids.[4]
