Pelliaceae is a
family
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of
liverworts
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular plant, non-vascular embryophyte, 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 wh ...
which has included three genera: ''
Pellia'' (in the temperate Northern Hemisphere) and ''
Noteroclada'' (in the Southern Hemisphere), and ''
Androcryphia''. The three genera are easily distinguished, not only because they occur in completely separate regions of the world, but because ''Noteroclada'' has a leafy appearance, while ''Pellia'' is more clearly
thallose. ''Androcryphia'' is much less common, and bears similarities to the
folio
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se members of
Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts are thalloid, with no leaves. Due to ...
. ''Noteroclada'' is now placed in the family
Noterocladaceae.
Liverwort families
Pelliales
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