Porellaceae

Porellaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Porellales. It which originally created with just two genera, Ascidiota, and Porella.

Porellaceae
Porella platyphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Suborder: Porellineae
Family: Porellaceae
Cavers, 1910, nom. cons.[1]
Genera

See text

It had up to 8 genera;[2]

  • Antoiria Raddi, 1818 (1)
  • Ascidiota C.Massal., 1898 (3)
  • Bellincinia Raddi, 1818
  • Macvicaria W.E.Nicholson, 1930 (1)
  • Opeca J.Hill, 1773
  • Pandulfia Leman, 1825
  • Porella L., 1753 (265)
  • Suaresia Leman, 1827

Figures in brackets denote how many species per genus.

Bellincinia, Opeca, Pandulfia and Suaresia have yet to be confirmed as true genera.[2]

World Flora Online only accepts genera; Ascidiota, Porella and Schulthesia Raddi. But Schulthesia is classed as unchecked.[3]

References
  1. Cavers, Frank (1910). "The inter-relationships of the bryophyta". New Phytologist. 9: 292. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1910.tb05577.x. hdl:2027/uc1.c073498009.
  2. "Porellaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. "Porellaceae Cavers". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

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