Hattoria yakushimensis is the only species of liverwort in the genus Hattoria, in the family Anastrophyllaceae. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Hattoria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Anastrophyllaceae
Genus: Hattoria
R.M. Schust.
Species:
H. yakushimensis
Binomial name
Hattoria yakushimensis
(Horik.)[2] R.M. Schust.[3]
Synonyms
  • Anastrophyllum yakushimense Horik.

The genus name Hattoria is in honour of Sinsuke (Sinske, Shinsuke) Hattori (1915-1992), who was a Japanese botanist (Bryology) and Professor of Botany at the University of Tokyo.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Hattoria yakushimensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T39201A10172987. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39201A10172987.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Horikawa, Y. (1934). "Monographia hepaticarum australi-japonicarum". J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ. Ser. B, Div. 2. 2 (2): 101–325.
  3. ^ Schuster, R. M. (1961). "Studies in Lophoziaceae. I. The genera Anastrophyllum and Sphenolobus and their segregates". Revue Bryologique et Lichénologique. 30 (1–2): 55–73.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.