Biology:Fulfordianthus

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Short description: Genus of liverworts

Fulfordianthus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Family: Lejeuneaceae
Subfamily: Ptychanthoideae
Genus: Fulfordianthus
Gradst.

Fulfordianthus is a genus of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae. It is found in central and southern America.[1]

It contains the following species:[1]

The genus name of Fulfordianthus is in honour of Margaret Hannah Fulford (1904–1999), who was an American bryologist who was active in identifying the flora of North and South America.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Stephan Robbert Gradstein in Bryologist Vol.95 on page 44 in 1992.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fulfordianthus Gradst." (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2688888. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 
  3. "Fulfordianthus Gradst.". http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000015109. 

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