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Genus of liverworts

Porella
Porella platyphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Family: Porellaceae
Genus: Porella
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Species

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Synonyms
  • Macvicaria W.E. Nicholson
  • Madotheca Dum.
  • Schulthesia Raddi

Porella is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in order Porellales. It is a member of the family Porellaceae within that order.

There were 84 species recognized in 2016, most of them from East Asia. World Flora Online accepts 125 species, and GBIF accepts 150 species (as of 4 July 2023).

The genus has a wide cosmopolitan distribution in temperate areas, where it is commonly found growing attached to the bark of trees. Members of the genus have lobed leaves with a large upper lobe and small lower lobe.

Species Porella arboris-vitae, Porella bolanderi, Porella cordeana, Porella navicularis, Porella pinnata, Porella platyphylla and Porella roellii, were all found in Montana, USA.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Porella by GBIF;

References

  1. Sp. Pl. 2: 1106. 1753.
  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.
  3. "Porella L." www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Porella L." www.gbif.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ Barbour, Wm. C. (1902). "Porella". The Bryologist. 5 (2): 32–36. doi:10.2307/3237914. ISSN 0007-2745. JSTOR 3237914.
  6. Ratz, David. "A Liverwort – Montana Field Guide". fieldguide.mt.gov. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

External links

Data related to Porella at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Porella


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