''Anastrepta'' is a genus of
liverwort
The Marchantiophyta () are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of ...
s belonging to the family
Anastrophyllaceae
Anastrophyllaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest order of liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most oth ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Anastrepta bifida''
(Stephani) Stephani
* ''
Anastrepta longissima''
(Stephani) Stephani
* ''
Anastrepta orcadensis
''Anastrepta orcadensis'', also known as Orkney notchwort, is a liverwort found in the United States, Canada, and widely in Europe.
Its existence was first discovered on Ward Hill, on the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland by William Jackson Hook ...
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(Hook.) Schiffner
References
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Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales genera