Nowellia

Nowellia
Nowellia curvifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Lophoziales
Family: Cephaloziaceae
Genus:
Mitt.
Species
See text

Nowellia is a genus of liverwort in the family Cephaloziaceae. The name of this genus is in honour of William Nowell (1880–1968), a British botanist and mycologist, who conducted researched in Trinidad and authored the book[1] Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antilles (1923).[2]

Species

Nowellia includes the following species, as accepted by GBIF:[3]

  • Nowellia aciliata (P.C.Chen & P.C.Wu) Mizut.
  • Nowellia bicornis (Spruce) Fulford
  • Nowellia borneensis (De Not.) Schiffn.
  • Nowellia caledonica Stephani
  • Nowellia caribbeania Fulford
  • Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.
  • Nowellia dominicensis Steph.
  • Nowellia evansii Grolle
  • Nowellia indica Pandé & K.P.Srivast.
  • Nowellia langii Pearson
  • Nowellia orientalis R.S.Chopra
  • Nowellia pusilla Grolle
  • Nowellia reedii H.Rob.
  • Nowellia wrightii Grolle
  • Nowellia yunckeri Fulford

References

  1. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Nowell, William; Indies (British), West (1923). "Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antilles". West India Committee. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Nowellia Mitt". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 August 2022.