Bryopteris gaudichaudii
{{Short description|Species of liverwort}}
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| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| genus = Bryopteris
| species = gaudichaudii
| authority = Gottsche
| synonyms = *Lejeunea gaudichaudii (Gottsche) Steph.
- Bryopteris madagassa Steph.
- Bryopteris madagascariensis Steph.
- Rectolejeunea gaudichaudii (Gottsche) Steph.
| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Bryopteris gaudichaudii Gottsche |url=https://wfoplantlist.org/taxon/wfo-0001212603-2023-12 |website=WFO Plant List |publisher=World Flora Online |access-date=19 May 2024}}
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Bryopteris gaudichaudii is a species of liverwort in the family Lejeuneaceae. It is known from islands in the western Indian Ocean and is considered critically endangered.
Distribution and habitat
B. gaudichaudii is known from the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion. On Madagascar it has been found growing in montane rainforest and coastal heath.{{Cite journal |last1=Ah-Peng |first1=Claudine |last2=Bardat |first2=Jacques |last3=Pócs |first3=Tamás |last4=Söderström |first4=Lars |last5=Staménoff |first5=Pierre |last6=Strasberg |first6=Dominique |year=2012 |title=Red List of liverworts and hornworts for Réunion (Mascarene archipelago) |url=http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.68.1.1 |journal=Phytotaxa |publisher=Magnolia Press |volume=68 |pages=6–7 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.68.1.1 |doi-access=free |issn=1179-3163}}{{Cite journal |last1=Sass-Gyarmati |first1=Andrea |last2=Hodgetts |first2=Nicholas G. |last3=Brinda |first3=John C. |last4=Abalo-Loko |first4=Goudjo-Ameto |last5=Lavocat-Bernard |first5=Elisabeth |last6=Vanderpoorten |first6=Alain |last7=Boucheron-Dubuisson |first7=Elodie |last8=Allard |first8=Amandine |last9=Kervran |first9=Lionel |last10=Andriamiarisoa |first10=Roger Lala |last11=Reeb |first11=Catherine |year=2023 |title=Checklist and distribution of the liverworts of the Andasibe (Périnet) region (Madagascar) |url=http://publikacio.uni-eszterhazy.hu/7686/ |journal=Acta Biologica Plantarum Agriensis |publisher=Eszterházy Károly Catholic University |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=342 |doi=10.21406/abpa.2023.11.1.333 |doi-access=free}} Despite extensive searches, this species has not been found on Réunion since the collection of the type specimen, and may be extinct on the island.
References
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Category:Critically endangered plants
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Carl Moritz Gottsche
Category:Plants described in 1857
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