''Bryopteris'' is a genus 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 ...
in family
Lejeuneaceae
Lejeuneaceae is the largest family of liverworts. Most of its members are epiphytes found in the tropics, while others can be found in temperate regions.
The main characteristics of the family are that:
#The leaves are incubous.
#Amphigastrium ...
.
They are mainly found in central and southern America, as well as
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
, parts of Africa and tropical Asia.
Species
As accepted by
GBIF
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;
* ''
Bryopteris bispinosa''
* ''
Bryopteris diffusa''
* ''
Bryopteris filicina''
* ''
Bryopteris fissiloba''
* ''
Bryopteris gaudichaudii''
* ''
Bryopteris longispica''
* ''
Bryopteris succinea''
References
Porellales genera
Lejeuneaceae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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