Perssoniella vitreocincta

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	MARCHANTIOPHYTA	JUNGERMANNIOPSIDA	JUNGERMANNIALES	PERSONIELLACEAE

Scientific Name:	Perssoniella vitreocincta
Species Authority:	Herzog

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3
Year Published:	2000
Assessor/s:	Bryophyte Specialist Group
Reviewer/s:	Hallingbäck, T., Hodgetts, N., Geissler, P. & Tan, B. (Bryophyte Red List Authority)
Justification: The area of occupancy is less than 2000km² with less than ten localities and the habitat is declining. It therefore meets the IUCN criteria for Vulnerable based on the small area and the decline in habitat quality and extent.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Known from five localities.
Countries:	Native: New Caledonia
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population Trend:	Unknown

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	On tree trunks in montane Araucaria forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although the threats to this species are not well understood, it is clearly extremely rare, and grows in a generally threatened area and habitat.

Major Threat(s):

Although the threats to this species are not well understood, it is clearly extremely rare, and grows in a generally threatened area and habitat.

Bibliography [top]

	Bryophyte Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website Gradstein, S.R. 1992. The vanishing tropical rain forest as an environment for bryophytes and lichens. In: J.W. Bates and A.M. Farmer (eds) Bryophytes and lichens in a changing environment, pp.234–258. Clarendon Press, Oxford. Hallingbäck, T. and Hodgetts, N. (compilers). 2000. Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Bryophytes. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Herzog, T. 1952. Personiella Herz. nov. gen. Hepaticarum. Arkiv for Botanik Utgivet av k. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 2(4): 265–269. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Hürlimann, H. 1978. Hepaticae aus dem gebiete des südlichen Pazifik. VI. Bauhinia 6:293–305.

Bryophyte Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Gradstein, S.R. 1992. The vanishing tropical rain forest as an environment for bryophytes and lichens. In: J.W. Bates and A.M. Farmer (eds) Bryophytes and lichens in a changing environment, pp.234–258. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Hallingbäck, T. and Hodgetts, N. (compilers). 2000. Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Bryophytes. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Herzog, T. 1952. Personiella Herz. nov. gen. Hepaticarum. Arkiv for Botanik Utgivet av k. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 2(4): 265–269.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hürlimann, H. 1978. Hepaticae aus dem gebiete des südlichen Pazifik. VI. Bauhinia 6:293–305.

Citation:	Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. Perssoniella vitreocincta. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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