Vetaforma

Vetaforma is a genus of liverworts found only in Argentina and Chile, and contains a single species Vetaforma dusenii. It is classified in order Jungermanniales and is the only member of the family Vetaformataceae within that order. The genus and family names were originally published in 1960,[2] but this publication was invalid under Article 36.1 of the ICBN.[4]

Vetaforma dusenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Marchantiophyta
Class:
Jungermanniopsida
Order:
Jungermanniales
Family:
Vetaformataceae

Fulford & J. Taylor[1][2]
Genus:
Vetaforma

Fulford & J. Taylor[2][3]
Species:
V. dusenii
Binomial name
Vetaforma dusenii
(Steph.) Fulford & J. Taylor, 1962[3]
Synonyms

Lepidozia dusenii Steph.

Analysis of morphology and DNA sequences suggests that Vetaforma is the sister group of the Lepicoleaceae.[5]

References
  1. Fulford, Margaret; J. Taylor (1963). "Manual of the Leafy Hepaticae of Latin America. Part I.". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 11 (1): 1–172.
  2. Fulford, Margaret; J. Taylor (1960). "Two new families of leafy Hepaticae: Vetaformaceae and Pseudolepicoleaceae from southern South America". Nova Hedwigia. 1: 405–422.
  3. Fulford, Margaret; J. Taylor (1962). "Additional notes on the Vetaformaceae". Nova Hedwigia. 4 (1–2): 81–85.
  4. Grolle, Riclef (1983). "Nomina generica Hepaticarum; references, types and synonymies". Acta Botanica Fennica. 121: 42.
  5. Juslén, Aino (2006). "Phylogeny of Vetaformaceae, Lepicoleaceae and Herbertaceae (including Mastigophoraceae) inferred from chloroplast trnL-F, nuclear ITS2, and morphology". Annales Botanici Fennici. 43: 349–362. ISSN 0003-3847.


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