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Pellia

Pellia
Pellia epiphylla5 ies.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Pelliaceae
Genus: Pellia
Raddi, 1818 nom. cons.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Hypophyllum Post & Kuntze 1903 non Paulet 1808
  • Merkia Borkhausen 1792
  • Papa Gray 1821
  • Scopulina Dumortier 1822
  • Diplomitrion Corda 1829
  • Blytia Endlicher 1840 non Blyttia Arnott 1838]

Pellia is a small but widespread genus of liverworts in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in order Pelliales and is a member of the family Pelliaceae within that order.

Süsswassertang, a plant grown submerged in aquaria was once considered to be Pellia endiviifolia, but is now known to be the indeterminate gametophyte of a Lomariopsis species, a type of fern.

Species in Pellia

Taxonomy based on work by Söderström et al. 2016[2]

  • Pellia cordaeana Trevisan 1877
  • Pellia crispa Kummer 1875
  • Pellia gottscheana Kreh 1909
  • Pellia longifolia Kummer 1875
  • Pellia undulata Kummer 1875
  • (Apopellia) Grolle 1983a
    • P. (A.) alpicola (Schuster 1991) Damsholt 2007
    • P. (A.) endiviifolia (Dickson 1801) Dumortier 1835
    • P. (A.) megaspora Schuster 1981
  • (Pellia) Raddi 1818
    • P. (P.) appalachiana Schuster 1991
    • P. (P.) epiphylla (Linnaeus 1753) Corda 1829
      • P. (P.) e. borealis (Lorbeer 1934) Messe 1981
      • P. (P.) e. epiphylla Messe 1981
    • P. (P.) neesiana (Gottsche 1867) Limpricht 1876
      • P. (P.) n. columbiana (Krajina & Brayshaw) Schuster
      • P. (P.) n. neesiana (Gottsche 1867) Limpricht 1876


References

  1. ^ "Part 2- Plantae (starting with Chlorophycota)". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ Söderström; et al. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys. 59: 1–826. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.


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