Hattoria

Hattoria yakushimensis is the only species of liverwort in the genus Hattoria, in the family Anastrophyllaceae. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Hattoria
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Jungermanniopsida
Order:	Lophoziales
Family:	Anastrophyllaceae
Genus:	Hattoria R.M.Schust.
Species:	H. yakushimensis
Binomial name
Hattoria yakushimensis (Horik.)[2] R.M.Schust.[3]
Synonyms
Anastrophyllum yakushimense Horik.

The genus name Hattoria is in honour of Sinsuke (Sinske, Shinsuke) Hattori (1915-1992), who was a Japanese botanist (Bryology) and Professor of Botany at the University of Tokyo.^[4]