''Hymenophyton'' is a genus of the order
Pallaviciniales
Pallaviciniales is an order 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 li ...
(liverworts) containing one to three species. The genus was formerly described as monotypic, as each member possesses a close morphological resemblance, but phytochemical and molecular evidence now supports an infrageneric classification two separate species. The name ''
Hymenophyton leptopodum'', regarded as a synonym of ''
Hymenophyton flabellatum'', has been resurrected.
A population found in Chile is regarded as a separate clade, and the reinstatement of ''
Hymenophyton pedicellatum'' has been proposed.
References
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Pallaviciniales
Liverwort genera
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