''Gymnocolea'' is a 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 in the family
Anastrophyllaceae
Anastrophyllaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps ...
.
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The genus has ]cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
in the northern hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined by humans as being in the same celestial sphere, celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the Solar ...
.
Species
The genus is made up of a single species, ''Gymnocolea inflata
''Gymnocolea'' is a genus of liverworts in the family Anastrophyllaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution in the northern hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator. For other planets in the S ...
'' , which has two subspecies: ''Gymnocolea inflata'' subsp. ''acutiloba'' and ''Gymnocolea inflata'' subsp. ''inflata''.[
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References
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Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales genera