''Sauteria spongiosa'' is a 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

Cleveaceae Cleveaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Marchantiales. Genera: * '' Athalamia'' Falc. * ''Clevea ''Clevea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Cleveaceae. The genus was first described by Sextus Otto Lindb ...

family. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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Marchantiales Flora of West Himalaya Flora of Uttar Pradesh Least concern plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bryophyte-stub