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Petalwort

Petalophyllum ralfsii

1,727Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan272
Feb83
Mar488
Apr105
May17
Jun1
Jul0
Aug5
Sep80
Oct153
Nov256
Dec264

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England718
2Pembrokeshire Wales269
3Carmarthenshire Wales166
4Gwynedd Wales88
5Sefton England66
6Devon England63
7Isle of Anglesey Wales47
8Ceredigion Wales32
9Highland Scotland18
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
11Powys Wales7
12Cambridgeshire England6
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
14Swansea Wales3
1,066 England28 Scotland628 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,727
Peak month
March
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Petalophyllum ralfsii
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,004
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Habitats Directive, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Fossombroniales
Family
Petalophyllaceae
Genus
Petalophyllum
Name with authority
Petalophyllum ralfsii (Wilson) Nees & Gottsche ex Lehm.
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7171645 · GBIF 7579898