Corsiniaceae

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Corsiniaceae
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Corsinia coriandrina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Marchantiales
Family: Corsiniaceae
Engl., 1892
Genera

Corsiniaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Marchantiales. [1] Being bryophytic, they are non-vascular. The function of absorption and anchorage is performed by filamentous structures rhizoids.

Genera in the family Corsiniaceae

References

  1. ↑ Schuster, Rudolf M. The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America, volume VI. (Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1992). ISBN   0-914868-21-7.


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