''Makinoa crispata'' is the only species 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 ...
in the genus ''Makinoa'' and family Makinoaceae. The genus ''
Verdoornia'' was formerly included in this family,
but has been transferred to the family
Aneuraceae
Aneuraceae (sometimes Riccardiaceae) is a family of thallose liverworts in the order Metzgeriales. Most species are very small with narrow, branching thalli.
Taxonomy
Aneuraceae is the largest family in the order Metzgeriales, simple thalloid ...
on the basis of recent
cladistic analysis
Cladistics ( ; from Ancient Greek 'branch') is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on hypotheses of most recent common ancestry. The evidence for hypothesized relationships is ...
of genetic sequences.
References
External links
Images of ''Makinoa''from the Hong Kong Flora on-line
Fossombroniales
Monotypic bryophyte genera
Liverwort genera
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