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{{Short description|Species of liverwort}}
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| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author1=Bryophyte Specialist Group |year=2000 |title=''Andrewsianthus ferrugineus'' |volume=2000 |article-number=e.T39206A10174683 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39206A10174683.en |access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref>
| genus = Tritomaria
| species = ferruginea
| authority = ([[Riclef Grolle|Grolle]]) [[Jiří Váňa|Váňa]]
| synonyms = *''Andrewsianthus ferrugineus'' <small>Grolle</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=WFO>{{cite web |title=''Tritomaria ferruginea'' (Grolle) Váňa |url=https://wfoplantlist.org/taxon/wfo-1000009116-2024-06 |website=[[World Flora Online]] |access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref>
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'''''Tritomaria ferruginea''''' is a species of [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]] in the family [[Lophoziaceae]]. It is an [[endangered species]] [[endemic]] to the [[eastern Himalayas]].

==Taxonomy and history==
''Andrewsianthus ferrugineus'' was described by [[Riclef Grolle]] in 1966 based on a [[type specimen]] collected in 1962 by Austrian botanist [[Josef Poelt]] from a ''[[Rhododendron]]'' forest near [[Ringmo]], Nepal.<ref name=Grolle>{{cite book |last1=Grolle |first1=Riclef |chapter=Die Lebermoose Nepals |author1-link=Riclef Grolle |year=1966 |title=Khumbu Himal — Ergebnisse des Forschungsunternehmens Nepal Himalaya |pages=275–277 |language=de, la |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-92914-4_5|isbn=978-3-540-03579-4 }}</ref> This species was transferred to the genus ''[[Tritomaria]]'' on the basis of morphological characteristics in 2013, becoming ''Tritomaria ferriguniea''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Váňa |first1=Jiří |last2=Söderström |first2=Lars |last3=Hagborg |first3=Anders |last4=Konrat |first4=Matt Von |year=2013 |title=Notes on Early Land Plants Today. 32. New synonyms in ''Andrewsianthus'' and a transfer to ''Tritomaria'' (Lophoziaceae, Marchantiophyta) |journal=[[Phytotaxa]] |volume=81 |issue=1 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.81.1.8 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2013Phytx..811.1.8V }}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==
Endemic to the [[temperate]] eastern Himalayas,<ref name=Hattori>{{cite journal |last1=Long |first1=D.G. |last2=Grolle |first2=R. |author2-link=Riclef Grolle |year=1990 |title=Hepaticaceae of Bhutan II |journal=The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory |volume=68 |pages=393, 431 |issn=0073-0912 |doi=10.18968/jhbl.68.0_381 |doi-access=free}}</ref> ''Tritomaria ferruginea'' is known from [[Bhutan]], [[India]] ([[Sikkim]]), and [[Nepal]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Srivastava |first1=Smita |last2=Srivastava |first2=S. C. |last3=Rawat |first3=K. K. |year=2013 |title=Status of Family Lophoziaceae (Hepaticae) in India |journal=Nelumbo |volume=55 |pages=113–152 |doi=10.20324/nelumbo/v55/2013/73297 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260273433}}</ref><ref name=Long>{{cite journal |last1=Long |first1=David G. |year=2005 |title=Notes on Himalayan Hepaticae 2: New records and extensions of range for some Himalayan Leafy Liverworts |journal=Cryptogamie, Bryologie |volume=26 |issue=1 |page=102 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289660903 |via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref> In western Bhutan it has been found growing in damp [[coniferous forest]]s dominated ''[[Abies]]'' and ''[[Juniperus]]'' at {{cvt|3440|m}} [[above sea level]],<ref name=Hattori/> while in India it has been found growing in both [[moorland]] and on rocky river banks at altitudes of {{cvt|4070-4075|m}} above sea level.<ref name=Long/> In Nepal it has been found growing in ''Rhododendron'' forests and [[alpine meadow]]s at around {{cvt|4000|m}} above sea level,<ref name=Grolle/> in coniferous forests at {{cvt|3610|m}} above sea level,<ref name=Third>{{cite book |last1=Kitagawa |first1=Naofumi |editor1-last=Ohashi |editor1-first=Hiroyoshi |editor1-link=Hiroyoshi Ohashi |title=Flora of Eastern Himalaya: Third Report |chapter=Lophoziaceae |date=1975 |publisher=[[University of Tokyo Press]] |location=Tokyo |page=212 |isbn=978-0-86008-143-2}}</ref> and alongside a rocky stream at {{cvt|4020|m}} above sea level.<ref name=Long/>

==Description==
''Tritomaria ferruginea'' is green to rusty in colour with overlapping, three-lobed leaves that measure {{cvt|1-2|mm}} wide. The fragile, frequently branched stems are green to yellow-brown and measure up to {{cvt|2|cm}} long. The [[rhizoid]]s are short and pale. It is a [[dioicous]] species, however, mature plants have not been described.<ref name=Grolle/>

==Ecology==
''Tritomaria ferruginea'' has been observed as an [[epiphyte]] growing on tree trunks (including ''Juniperus'' species) and as a [[lithophyte]] growing on rocks (including [[calcareous]] rocks).<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Hattori/><ref name=Long/><ref name=Third/> It has been found growing among [[peat]] and other [[moss]]es and alongside [[Herbertaceae]] species.<ref name=Grolle/><ref name=Hattori/>

==Conservation status==
''Tritomaria ferruginea'' is listed as [[Endangered species|endangered]] by the [[International Union for the Conservation of Nature]] under criteria B1 and B2cd, based on its small area of occupancy and risk of [[habitat destruction]] due to [[deforestation]].<ref name=IUCN/>

==References==
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[[Category:Jungermanniales]]
[[Category:Endangered flora of Asia]]
[[Category:Flora of Nepal]]
[[Category:Flora of Bhutan]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1966]]
[[Category:Flora of Sikkim]]
[[Category:Epiphytes]]
[[Category:Lithophytes]]

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