Moerckiaceae

Moerckiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Moerckiaceae
Stotler & Crand.-Stotl., 2007[1]
Genera

Hattorianthus
Moerckia

Moerckiaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Metzgeriales. The plants are thallose, typically organized as a thick central costa (midvein), each side with a broad wing of tissue one cell in thickness. All species are dioicous.

References

  1. Crandall-Stotler, B. J.; R. E. Stotler (2007). "On the identity of Moerckia hibernica (Hook.) Gottsche (Moerckiaceae fam. nov., Marchantiophyta)". Nova Hedwigia, Beiheft 131: 41–59.
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