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