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Tender: National Assessment and Historical Review of Norfolk Flapwort (Mesoptychia gillmanii var. laxa) and Fen Notchwort (Mesoptychia rutheana)

Released 3 months ago

Closed21 Aug 2026

Est. valueEstimate£9K to £60K

LocationUnited Kingdom

AgencyNatural England

SourceFind a Tender

CategoryResearch & Development

Submissions closedClosed Fri, 21 Aug 2026

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A supplier is sought to review and reassess the current and historic status of the Norfolk flapwort and the fen notchwort. The work will address longstanding taxonomic confusion—the Norfolk flapwort was previously treated as Leiocolea rutheana var. laxa and the other taxon as Leiocolea rutheana—by using current taxonomy that recognises the Norfolk flapwort as Gillmans notchwort (Mesoptychia gillmanii var. laxa) and Leiocolea rutheana as the fen notchwort (Mesoptychia rutheana). The project must examine their status today and re-evaluate historic records through review of herbarium specimens, noting past assumptions about restricted occurrences such as Scarning Fen in Norfolk and records from Cumbria.

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