Pallavicinia
Pallavicinia | |
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Pallavicinia xiphoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
Order: | Pallaviciniales |
Family: | Pallaviciniaceae |
Genus: | S. Gray 1821, corr. Trev. 1874, nom. cons. |
Synonyms | |
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Pallavicinia is a globally distributed genus in the liverwort family Pallaviciniaceae. Thallus is simple and contains a strong hair-like midrib. Thallus area except midrib made out of one layer of cells. Thallus is dark green in color and it is very small (3-6 cm in long and 4-5 mm broad). Margins are entirely or irregularly lobed. Most species are distributed in tropical, subtropical or temperate regions. It grows in shady and moist environments, such as moist soil-covered rocks and banks of fresh water streams. Female thallus lobes have cup-shaped fringed receptacles.
- Species[1]
- Pallavicinia ambigua
- Pallavicinia baldwinii
- Pallavicinia blytii
- Pallavicinia byssophora
- Pallavicinia isoblasta
- Pallavicinia levieri
- Pallavicinia lyellii
- Pallavicinia radiculosa
- Pallavicinia serrata
- Pallavicinia spinosa
- Pallavicinia subciliata
- Pallavicinia valida
- Pallavicinia xiphoides
- formerly included[1]
References
- ^ a b The Plant List
- P. crassifrons, syn of Jensenia crassifrons
- P. erimona, syn of Hattorianthus erimonus
- P. erythropus, syn of Jensenia erythropus
- P. hibernica, syn of Moerckia hibernica
- P. rubescens, syn of Symphyogyna brasiliensis
- P. stephanii, syn of Makednothallus stephanii
- P. subflabellatus, syn of Makednothallus subflabellatus
- P. tenuinervis, syn of Symphyogyna tenuinervis
- P. wallisii, syn of Jensenia wallisii
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282912176_Pallavicinia_lyelli_HookGray_Pallaviciniaceae_an_addition_to_the_hepatic_flora_of_Maharashtra_India