''Pellia'' is a small but widespread
genus
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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 cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in
order
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* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
...
Pelliales and is a member of the
family
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Pelliaceae within that order.
Süsswassertang, a plant grown submerged in
aquaria was once considered to be ''Pellia endiviifolia'', but is now known to be the indeterminate gametophyte of a ''Lomariopsis'' species, a type of
fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
. ''Pellia'' liverworts are also often confused with ''
Monosolenium tenerum'', another liverwort.
Species
Taxonomy based on work by Söderström et al. 2016
* ''
Pellia cordaeana''
Trevisan 1877
* ''
Pellia crispa''
Kummer 1875
* ''
Pellia gottscheana''
Kreh 1909
* ''
Pellia longifolia''
Kummer 1875
* ''
Pellia undulata''
Kummer 1875
* (''Apopellia'')
Grolle 1983a
** ''
P. (A.) alpicola''
(Schuster 1991) Damsholt 2007
** ''
P. (A.) endiviifolia''
(Dickson 1801) Dumortier 1835
** ''
P. (A.) megaspora''
Schuster 1981
* (''Pellia'') Raddi 1818
** ''
P. (P.) appalachiana''
Schuster 1991
** ''
P. (P.) epiphylla''
(Linnaeus 1753) Corda 1829
*** ''
P. (P.) e. borealis''
(Lorbeer 1934) Messe 1981
*** ''
P. (P.) e. epiphylla''
Messe 1981
** ''
P. (P.) neesiana''
(Gottsche 1867) Limpricht 1876
*** ''
P. (P.) n. columbiana''
(Krajina & Brayshaw) Schuster
*** ''
P. (P.) n. neesiana''
(Gottsche 1867) Limpricht 1876
References
Pelliales
Liverwort genera
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