''Tritomaria'' 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 ...
s belonging to the family
Lophoziaceae
Lophoziaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest order of liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other li ...
.
The genus was first described by
Victor Félix Schiffner
Victor Félix Schiffner (10 August 1862, Böhmisch-Leipa – 1 December 1944, Baden bei Wien) was an Austrian bryologist specializing in the study of hepatics.
Biography
He studied natural sciences at the University of Prague, where he s ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''
Tritomaria exsectiformis
''Tritomaria exsectiformis'' is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Lophoziaceae.
It is native to the Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Sol ...
'' (Breidl.) Schiffn. ex Loeske
References
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Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales genera