Geothallus

Taxobox
name = "Geothallus tuberosus"


status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Marchantiophyta
classis = Marchantiopsida
ordo = Sphaerocarpales
familia = Sphaerocarpaceae
genus = "Geothallus"
genus_authority = Campb.
species = "G. tuberosus"
binomial = "Geothallus tuberosus"
binomial_authority = Campb.
synonyms =

"Geothallus" is a genus of liverwort in the Sphaerocarpaceae family. It includes only the single species "Geothallus tuberosus", which is endemic to southern California. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/39242/all "Geothallus tuberosus"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 August 2007.