''Kymatocalyx'',
synonym
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''Stenorrhipis'', is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 family
Cephaloziellaceae
Cephaloziellaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales.
Genera
As accepted in 2016 (with the number of species in parentheses):
*''Allisoniella'' E.A.Hodgs. (5)
*''Amphicephalozia'' R.M.Schust. (3)
*''Anastrophyllops ...
. The genus was first described by
Theodore Herzog in 1950. Four species are accepted:
[
*'' Kymatocalyx africanus'' Váňa & M.Wigginton
*'' Kymatocalyx dominicensis'' (Spruce) Váňa
*'' Kymatocalyx madagascariensis'' (Steph.) Gradst. & Váňa
*'' Kymatocalyx rhizomaticus'' (Herzog) Gradst. et Váňa
]
References
Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales genera
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