Plagiochilaceae

Plagiochilaceae is a family of liverworts in order Jungermanniales. There may be anywhere from 500 to 1300 species, most of them from the tropics, but the exact number is still under revision. The family also has a wide distribution in temperate and arctic areas.

Plagiochilaceae
Plagiochila aspleniodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Marchantiophyta
Class:
Jungermanniopsida
Order:
Jungermanniales
Family:
Plagiochilaceae

(Jörg.) Müll. Frib. & Herzog, 1956[1][2]
Genera
  • Acrochila
  • Chiastocaulon
  • Dinckleria
  • Pedinophyllopsis
  • Pedinophyllum
  • Plagiochila
  • Plagiochilidium
  • Plagiochilion
  • Xenochila

References
  1. Jörgensen, E. (1934). Norges Levermoser. Bergens Mus. Skrifter.
  2. Müller, K. (1951–1957). Die Lebermoose Europas. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora (3rd ed.). Leipzig.


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