Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort.
(Variable-leaved Crestwort)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLophocolea heterophylla (Variable-leaved Crestwort)
GenusLophocolea (crestworts)
FamilyLOPHOCOLEACEAE (a family of crestworts, flapworts and St Winifrid’s mosses)
OrderJUNGERMANNIALES (leafy liverworts)
ClassJUNGERMANNIOPSIDA (leafy liverworts)
PhylumMARCHANTIOPHYTA (liverworts)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lophocolea heterophylla (Variable-leaved Crestwort) :
1: Lophocolea heterophylla (Variable-leaved Crestwort)
1 Feb 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on old dead Birch stump
Image 1: Fruiting plant - enlarged
2: Lophocolea heterophylla (Variable-leaved Crestwort)
26 Mar 1970 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Capsule wall - optical section - magnifiedImage 2: Leaf cells - magnifiedImage 3: Perianth - magnifiedImage 4: Spores and elaters - magnified
3: Lophocolea heterophylla (Variable-leaved Crestwort)
25 Mar 1970 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on fallen wood
Image 1: Fetile plantImage 2: Fetile plant - close-up
4: Lophocolea heterophylla (Variable-leaved Crestwort)
22 Mar 1969 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on old dead Birch stump
Image 1: Young capsules - enlarged

Lophocolea heterophylla (Variable-leaved Crestwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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