Lepidozia
Appearance
Lepidozia | |
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Lepidozia reptans | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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):
- Lepidozia azorica Buch & Perss.
- Lepidozia bragginsiana E.D.Cooper & M.A.M.Renner, 2014
- Lepidozia pearsonii Spruce
- Lepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.
- Lepidozia ulothrix (Schwägr.) Lindenb.
References
[edit]- ^ 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. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Marie Antoine- Bryologist at Humboldt State University