Head of Botanical Collections, The Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA
Reference for:
Fimbraria incrassata
Expert:
Anders Hagborg
Notes:
Associate, Botany Department, The Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA
Reference for:
Fimbraria incrassata
Expert:
Lars Söderström
Notes:
Professor, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Reference for:
Fimbraria incrassata
Source(s):
Source:
ELPT (Marchantiophyta & Anthocerotophyta)
Acquired:
2018-02-20
Notes:
Early Land Plants Today. Söderström L, Hagborg A, von Konrat M (eds.) The Early Land Plants Today (ELPT) project aims to combine existing data on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution for liverworts and hornworts. The project is jointly coordinated by Prof. Lars Söderström (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway) and Anders Hagborg and Dr. Matt von Konrat (The Field Museum of Natural History, Illinois). http://www.elpt.org
Reference for:
Fimbraria incrassata
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Söderström, Lars, Anders Hagborg, Matt von Konrat, Sharon Bartholomew-Began, David Bell, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2016-01-29 / 2016-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
World Checklist of hornworts and liverworts
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
PhytoKeys, vol. 59
Page(s):
1-828
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1314-2003
Notes:
doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261
Reference for:
Fimbraria incrassata
Fimbraria incrassata: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Fimbraria incrassata: Comments
Comment:
This taxon was designated with a single star by Söderström et al. (2016), indicating "There are doubts about the value of the taxon. It can be that there are conflicting views without any substantial evidence in any direction, conflicting views with substantiating evidence supporting one or both positions, or evidence pointing towards synonymization but it is premature to do it."
Comment:
Söderström et al. (2016) note that 'Fimbraria is congeneric with Asterella, but the following taxa have neither been transferred nor synonymized, and their status is doubtful' and 'Fimbraria incrassata was provisionally placed in synonymy with Asterella abyssinica (Wigginton and Grolle 1996), and was listed as an unassigned Asterella species by Wigginton (2009)'