Biology:Targionia (plant)

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Short description: Genus of liverworts

Targionia
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Targionia hypophylla
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Marchantiales
Family: Targioniaceae
Dumort.
Genus: Targionia
[ Micheli ][1] L., 1753
Species

Targionia elongata
Targionia hypophylla
Targionia lorbeeriana
Targionia stellaris

Targionia is a genus of liverworts in the order Marchantiales.[2] It the only genus in the family Targioniaceae within that order. This genus has worldwide distribution in areas with a Mediterranean climate. That is, in regions with hot dry summers and cool wet winters.

Species in Targionia

  • Targionia elongata
  • Targionia hypophylla
  • Targionia lorbeeriana
  • Targionia stellaris

References

  1. Micheli, P. A. (1729). Nova Plantarum Genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. Florence. p. 3, plate iii. 
  2. Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. VI. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 61–77. ISBN 0-914868-21-7. 

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