Blasia
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.
Blasia | |
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Blasia pusilla growing on a tree in Germany. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Marchantiopsida |
Order: | Blasiales |
Family: | Blasiaceae |
Genus: | Blasia Linnaeus 1753[1] |
Species: | B. pusilla |
Binomial name | |
Blasia pusilla | |
Synonyms | |
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References
- 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)". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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