Stephensoniella brevipedunculata

{{Short description|Species of liverwort}}

{{Other uses|Stephensoniella (disambiguation)}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bryophyte Specialist Group |date=2000 |title=Stephensoniella brevipedunculata |volume=2000 |page=e.T39223A10177364 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39223A10177364.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Stephensoniella (plant)

| parent_authority = Kashyap

| species = brevipedunculata

| authority = Kashyap

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Stephensoniella brevipedunculata is a species of liverwort in the family Exormothecaceae. It is the only species in the genus Stephensoniella. It is confined to the Western Himalaya in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The genus name of Stephensoniella is in honour of John Stephenson (1871–1933), who was a surgeon and zoologist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

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