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BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary


Gyrothyra underwoodiana


 
Scientific Name: Gyrothyra underwoodiana M.A. Howe
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Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Stotler, R. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 1977. A checklist of the liverworts and hornworts of North America. The Bryologist 80(3): 405-428.
Classification Level: Species
Species Group: Bryophyte
Species Code: GYROUND
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Plantae Hepatophyta Jungermanniopsida Jungermanniales Gyrothyraceae
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: G4 (Apr 1992)
Provincial Status: S4 (Apr 2021)
BC List: Yellow
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Distribution
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Global Range Comment: This species is endemic to the Pacific Coast of North America from Alaska south to California (Stotler and Crandall-Stotler, 2017)
Disjunct, more common elsewhere: N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: N
 
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References and Related Literature
Golinski, K. 2014b. Excel spreadsheet of University of British Columbia Herbarium label data for Liverworts created for BC Conservation Data Centre, BC Ministry of Environment. Vancouver, BC.
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Gyrothyra underwoodiana. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 4, 2026).