Bazzania trilobata

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Bazzania trilobata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Lepidoziales
Family: Lepidoziaceae
Genus: Bazzania
Species:
B. trilobata
Binomial name
Bazzania trilobata
(L.) Gray
Synonyms [1]

Bazzania tridentoidesW.E. Nicholson
Bazzania trilobata var. trilobata

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Bazzania trilobata, the greater whipwort [2] or threelobed bazzania, is a species of liverwort in the Lepidoziaceae family. It grows in the Northern Hemisphere temperate zone.

Anatomy

Leafy liverworts have three rows of small leaves, two lateral in one plane and one ventral, differing from mosses which have small leaves that are usually in more than three rows around the stem. [3] The leaves of leafy liverworts are often dissected or lobed. [4] It is one of the largest leafy liverworts.

Subspecies

References

  1. The Plant List: Bazzania trilobata
  2. Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN   978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN   0268-8034.
  3. (Schofield 1992)
  4. (Glime 1993)

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