''Pallavicinia lyellii'', the ribbonwort or veilwort, is a

dioicous Dioicy () is a sexual system in non-vascular plants where archegonia (female organs) and antheridia (male organs) are produced on separate plants in the gametophyte phase. It is one of the two main sexual systems in bryophytes, the other being ...

bryophyte Bryophytes () are a group of embryophyte, land plants (embryophytes), sometimes treated as a taxonomic Division (taxonomy), division referred to as Bryophyta ''Sensu#Common qualifiers, sensu lato'', that contains three groups of non-vascular pla ...

plant in the

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 ...

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Pallaviciniaceae. Often seen in moist situations on rocks and soil, with a worldwide distribution.

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Pallaviciniales Plants described in 1816 Flora of Australia Flora of New Zealand Flora of Germany Flora of the United States Flora of Great Britain Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker Vulnerable biota of Europe {{Bryophyte-stub