Blasiales is an
order 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 a single living
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
and two
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
. The order has traditionally been classified among the
Metzgeriales, but molecular cladistics suggests a placement at the base of the
Marchantiopsida
Marchantiopsida is a class of liverworts within the phylum Marchantiophyta. The species in this class are known as complex thalloid liverworts. The species in this class are widely distributed and can be found worldwide. Complex oil bodies are on ...
.
Taxonomy
* Blasiales
Stotler & Crandall-Stotler 2000
**
Blasiaceae von Klinggräff 1858
*** ''
Blasia''
Linnaeus 1753
**** ''Blasia pusilla''
Linnaeus 1753
*** ''
Cavicularia''
Stephani 1897 non Pavesi 1881
**** ''Cavicularia densa''
Stephani 1897
** †
Treubiitaceae Schuster 1980
*** †''
Treubiites''
Schuster 1966
**** †''Treubiites kidstonii''
(Walton 1925) Schuster 1966
References
External links
Liverwort Tree of Life
Liverwort orders
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