Porellaceae 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 ...
in the
order
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...
. It which originally created with just two genera, ''Ascidiota'', and ''Porella''.
It had up to 8 genera;
* ''Antoiria'' (1)
* ''Ascidiota'' (3)
* ''Bellincinia''
* ''Macvicaria'' (1)
* ''Opeca''
* ''Pandulfia''
* ''Porella'' (265)
* ''Suaresia''
Figures in brackets denote how many species per genus.
''Bellincinia'', ''Opeca'', ''Pandulfia'' and ''Suaresia'' have yet to be confirmed as true genera.
[
]World Flora Online
World Flora Online is an Internet-based compendium of the world's plant species.
Description
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only accepts genera; ''Ascidiota'', ''Porella'' and ''Schulthesia'' . But ''Schulthesia'' is classed as unchecked.
References
External links
Porellales
Liverwort families
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