Biology:Grollea

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Short description: Genus of plants

Grollea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Suborder: Lophocoleineae
Family: Grolleaceae
Solari ex R.M.Schust.
Genus: Grollea
R.M.Schust.

Grolleaceae is a monotypic family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. The family consists of only one genus, Grollea R.M.Schust..[1] It has only one known species Grollea antheliopsis R.M.Schust. from South America.[2][3]

The genus name of Grollea is in honour of Riclef Grolle (Riclef Hans-Heinrich Grolle) (1934-2004), who was a German botanist (Bryology), plant researcher at the University of Jena.[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Rudolf Mathias Schuster in Nova Hedwigia vol.8 on page 288 in 1964.[3]

References

  1. "Grolleaceae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2284. 
  2. "Grollea R.M.Schust." (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2689381. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Schuster RM. Studies on hepaticae. XXII-XXV. Pleurocladopsis Schust., gen. n., Eoisotachis Schust., gen. n., Grollea Schust., gen. n., with critical notes on Anthelia Dumort. Nova Hedwigia 8: 275-296. (1964).
  4. 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. 

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