Marchantiaceae

Marchantiaceae is a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales. It contains a single genus Marchantia.

Marchantiaceae
Marchantia polymorpha
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Marchantiaceae

(Bisch.) Lindley[1]
Genera

Genera in Marchantiaceae

Until recently, three genera were included in the Marchantiaceae:[2][3]

However, the genera Bucegia and Preissia have since been merged into Marchantia, leaving only the single genus in the family.[4]

A number of additional genera have been moved to other families:

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References

  1. Lindley, J. (1836). A Natural System of Botany (2nd ed.). London. p. 412.
  2. Soderstrom; et al. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys. 59: 1–826. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.
  3. "Part 2- Plantae (starting with Chlorophycota)". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. Long, David G., Laura L. Forrest, Juan Carlos Villarreal, Barbara J. Crandall-Stotler. 2016. "Taxonomic changes in Marchantiaceae, Corsiniaceae and Cleveaceae (Marchantiidae, Marchantiophyta)". Phytotaxa 252 (1): 077–080.


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