Biology:Lepidozia

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Short description: Genus of liverworts

Lepidozia
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Lepidozia reptans
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Lepidoziaceae
Subfamily: Lepidozioideae
Genus: Lepidozia
(Dumort.) Dumort.

Lepidozia is a genus of liverwort in the family Lepidoziaceae. It was first proposed by Dumortier in 1835.[1]

Lepidozia is encompassed within the informal group: leafy II. It has pinnate branching, incubous leaf insertion, as well as leaves and underleaves that are 3-4 lobed and divided <0.5 of their length.[2]

It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

References

  1. Engel, John J.; Schuster, Rudolf Mathias (2001). "Austral Hepaticae 32 : a revision of the genus Lepidozia (Hepaticae) for New Zealand". Fieldiana: Botany 42 (Publication 1513): 1. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2543. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20365#page/3/mode/1up. Retrieved 21 January 2016. 
  2. Marie Antoine- Bryologist at Humboldt State University

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