Adelanthaceae is a family of
liverwort
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry ...
s belonging to the order
Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts are thalloid, with no leaves. Due to ...
.
Genera: (with how many species per genus)
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Adelanthus''
Mitt. – 11 spp.
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Cuspidatula''
Steph. – 7 spp.
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Denotarisia''
Grolle – 1 sp.
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Jamesoniella''
(Spruce) Carrington – genus no longer accepted
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Nothostrepta''
R.M.Schust. – 2 spp.
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Pisanoa''
Hässel – 1 sp.
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Protosyzygiella''
(Inoue) R.M.Schust. – 1 sp.
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Pseudomarsupidium''
Herzog – 5 spp.
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Syzygiella''
Spruce – 56 spp.
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Vanaea''
(Inoue & Gradst.) Inoue & Gradst. – 1 sp.
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Wettsteinia''
Schiffn. – 4 spp.
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Jungermanniales
Liverwort families