Calypogeiaceae 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. This type of plant is a
calcifuge
A calcifuge is a plant that does not tolerate alkaline (basic) soil. The word is derived from the Latin 'to flee from chalk'. These plants are also described as ericaceous, as the prototypical calcifuge is the genus '' Erica'' (heaths). It is not ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Calypogeia''
Raddi (101)
* ''
Eocalypogeia''
(R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust. (4)
* ''
Metacalypogeia''
(S.Hatt.) Inoue (7)
* ''
Mizutania''
Furuki & Z.Iwats. (1)
* ''
Mnioloma''
Herzog (15)
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.
References
Liverwort families
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