Mizutania

Mizutania riccardioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Mizutaniaceae
Furuki & Z. Iwats.[1]
Genus: Mizutania
Furuki & Z. Iwats.[1]
Species: M. riccardioides
Binomial name
Mizutania riccardioides
Furuki & Z. Iwats.[1]

Mizutania is a genus of liverworts restricted to tropical Asia, and contains a single species Mizutania riccardioides. It is classified in order Metzgeriales and is the only member of the family Mizutaniaceae within that order.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Furuki, T.; Z. Iwatsuki (1989). "Mizutania riccardioides, gen. et sp. nov. (Mizutaniaceae, fam. nov.), a unique liverwort from tropical Asia". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 67: 291–296.
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