''Spruceanthus'' is a genus of

liverwort The Marchantiophyta () are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of ...

in family

Lejeuneaceae Lejeuneaceae is the largest family of liverworts. Most of its members are epiphytes found in the tropics, while others can be found in temperate regions. The main characteristics of the family are that: #The leaves are incubous. #Amphigastrium ...

. The genus was

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by Frans Verdoorn in Ann. Bryol. Suppl. vol.4 on page 151 in 1934. The genus name of ''Spruceanthus'' is in honour of

Richard Spruce Richard Spruce (10 September 1817 – 28 December 1893) was an English botanist specializing in bryology. One of the great Victorian botanical explorers, Spruce spent 15 years exploring the Amazon from the Andes to its mouth, and was one of the ...

(1817–1893), who was an English botanist specializing in

bryology Bryology (from Greek , a moss, a liverwort) is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryologists are people who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying o ...

. He was one of the great Victorian botanical explorers.

Species

As accepted by

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; * '' Spruceanthus abbreviatus'' * '' Spruceanthus brachyanthus'' * '' Spruceanthus falcatus'' * '' Spruceanthus floreus'' * '' Spruceanthus kiushianus'' * '' Spruceanthus macrostipulus'' * '' Spruceanthus mamillilobulus'' * ''

Spruceanthus olivaceus ''Spruceanthus'' is a genus of Marchantiophyta, liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Frans Verdoorn in Ann. Bryol. Suppl. vol.4 on page 151 in 1934. The genus name of ''Spruceanthus'' is ...

'' * '' Spruceanthus planifolius'' * '' Spruceanthus planiusculus'' * '' Spruceanthus pluriplicatus'' * '' Spruceanthus polonicus'' * '' Spruceanthus polymorphus'' * '' Spruceanthus semirepandus'' * '' Spruceanthus sulcatus'' * '' Spruceanthus theobromae'' * '' Spruceanthus thozetianus'' * '' Spruceanthus wiggintonii''

References

Porellales genera Lejeuneaceae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{bryophyte-stub