Blasiaceae is a
family of
liverworts
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular plant, non-vascular embryophyte, 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 wh ...
with only two species: ''
Blasia pusilla'' (a circumboreal species) and ''
Cavicularia densa'' (found only in
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
). The family has traditionally been classified among the
Metzgeriales, but molecular cladistics suggests a placement at the base of the
Marchantiopsida.
References
External links
Liverwort Tree of Life
Liverwort families
Blasiales
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