Biology:Blasia
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Short description: Genus of liverworts
| Blasia | |
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| Blasia pusilla growing on a tree in Germany. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Marchantiopsida |
| Order: | Blasiales |
| Family: | Blasiaceae |
| Genus: | Blasia L. 1753[1] |
| Species: | B. pusilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Blasia pusilla | |
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Blasia pusilla is the only species in the liverwort genus Blasia. It is distinguished from Cavicularia by the presence of a collar around the base of the sporophyte capsule, and a scattered arrangement of sperm-producing antheridia. Rhizoids and gemmae of Blasia may be parasitized by the mushroom Blasiphalia.
The genus name of Blasia is in honour of Blasius Biagi (ca. 1670 - 1735), an Italian clergyman from village of Vallombrosa.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum. Tomus II (1st ed.). p. 1138.
- ↑ Micheli, P. A. (1729). Nova Plantarum Genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. Florence. p. 14, plate vii.
- ↑ Part 2- Plantae (starting with Chlorophycota). http://mave.tweakdsl.nl/tn/genera2.html. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ↑ 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.
External links
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