''Chaetocolea'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
genus 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 belonging to the family
Pseudolepicoleaceae.
The sole species of this genus, ''Chaetocolea palmata''
Spruce[Spruce R. Hepaticae amazonicae et andinaeª quas in itinere suo per tractus montium et fluviorum americæ æquinoctialis a fluminis amazonum ostiis ad maris pacifìci litora usque, necnon a cataractis fluminis orinoci, cis æquatorem, adusque fluvii huallaga cataractas, Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 15: 309-588. (1885).] is only found in Southern America.
References
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Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales genera