Herbertus borealis is a species of liverwort in the family Herbertaceae known as northern prongwort.[2] It was described in 1970 by Alan Crundwell.[3] It is endemic to Scotland, where it is found only in the Beinn Eighe nature reserve, and lives in dwarf shrub heath alongside other large liverworts such as Anastrophyllum donnianum, Bazzania tricrenata and Pleurozia purpurea.[2] A closely related species, described in 2012 as Herbertus norenus and known as "Viking prongwort", is known from Shetland and Norway and was formerly confused with H. borealis.[3]
References
- ^ Hodgetts, N.; Lockhart, N.; Rothero, G. (2019). "Herbertus borealis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T39196A87795707. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T39196A87795707.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b c David Long (2010). "Herbertus borealis". In Ian Atherton; Sam Bosanquet; Mark Lawley (eds.). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: A Field Guide. British Bryological Society. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-9561310-1-0.
- ^ a b David Bell & David Long (2012). "European Herbertus and the 'Viking prongwort'" (PDF). Field Bryology. 106: 3–14.
External links
- "Prongwort discovery 'unique' to the Highlands". BBC News. March 13, 2012.