Biology:Porellaceae

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Short description: Family of liverworts

Porellaceae
Porella platyphylla.jpg
Porella platyphylla
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Suborder: Porellineae
Family: Porellaceae
Cavers, 1910, nom. cons.[1]
Genera

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Porellaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Porellales. It which originally created with just two genera, Ascidiota, and Porella.

It had up to 8 genera;[2]

  • Antoiria Raddi, 1818 (1)
  • Ascidiota C.Massal., 1898 (3)
  • Bellincinia Raddi, 1818
  • Macvicaria W.E.Nicholson, 1930 (1)
  • Opeca J.Hill, 1773
  • Pandulfia Leman, 1825
  • Porella L., 1753 (265)
  • Suaresia Leman, 1827

Figures in brackets denote how many species per genus.

Bellincinia, Opeca, Pandulfia and Suaresia have yet to be confirmed as true genera.[2]

World Flora Online only accepts genera; Ascidiota, Porella and Schulthesia Raddi. But Schulthesia is classed as unchecked.[3]

References

  1. Cavers, Frank (1910). "The inter-relationships of the bryophyta". New Phytologist 9: 292. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1910.tb05577.x. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Porellaceae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2267. 
  3. "Porellaceae Cavers". http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-7000000492. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7230057 entry