Goebeliellaceae 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 belonging to the order Porellales. The family consists of only one genus: ''Goebeliella'' Steph.. The genus name of ''Goebeliella'' is in honour of Karl von Goebel (1855–1932), who was a German botanist. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Stephani in Hedwigia Vol.51 on page 61 in 1911. The family name of ''Goebeliellaceae'' was published by Frans Verdoorn in Man. Bryol. 425 in 1932. The genus in only found in

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and the islands of

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Species

The genus only has 3 species as accepted by

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: * '' Goebeliella bicornuta'' * '' Goebeliella cornigera'' * '' Goebeliella glauca''

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only accepts ''Goebeliella bicornuta'' and ''Goebeliella cornigera''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q17276634, from2=Q17276638 Porellales Liverwort genera Endemic flora of New Caledonia Taxa named by Franz Stephani