Pellia

Pellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Pelliales
Family: Pelliaceae
Genus: Pellia
Raddi, 1818 nom. cons.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Hypophyllum Post & Kuntze 1903 non Paulet 1808
  • Merkia Borkhausen 1792
  • Papa Gray 1821
  • Scopulina Dumortier 1822
  • Diplomitrion Corda 1829
  • Blytia Endlicher 1840 non Blyttia Arnott 1838]

Pellia is a small but widespread genus of liverworts in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in order Metzgeriales and is a member of the family Pelliaceae within that order.

Süsswassertang, a plant grown submerged in aquaria was once considered to be Pellia endiviifolia, but is now known to be the indeterminate gametophyte of a Lomariopsis species, a type of fern.

Species in Pellia

Taxonomy based on work by Söderström et al. 2016[2]

References

  1. "Part 2- Plantae (starting with Chlorophycota)". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. Söderström; et al. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". Phytokeys. 59: 1–826. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261.


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