Biology:Plagiochilaceae

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Short description: Family of liverworts

Plagiochilaceae
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Plagiochila aspleniodes
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Suborder: Lophocoleineae
Family: Plagiochilaceae
(Jörg.) Müll.Frib. & Herzog, 1956[1][2]
Genera
  • Acrochila
  • Chiastocaulon
  • Dinckleria
  • Pedinophyllopsis
  • Pedinophyllum
  • Plagiochila
  • Plagiochilidium
  • Plagiochilion
  • Pseudolophocolea
  • Xenochila

Plagiochilaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Jungermanniales. There may be anywhere from 500 to 1300 species, most of them from the tropics, but the exact number is still under revision. The family also has a wide distribution in temperate and arctic areas.

References

  1. Jörgensen, E. (1934). Norges Levermoser. Bergens Mus. Skrifter. 
  2. Müller, K. (1951–1957). Die Lebermoose Europas. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora (3rd ed.). Leipzig. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7200493 entry