Richard Spruce was an English botanist specializing in bryology. One of the great Victorian botanical explorers, Spruce spent 15 years exploring the Amazon from the Andes to its mouth, and was one of the first Europeans to visit many of the places where he collected specimens. Spruce discovered and named a number of new plant species, and corresponded with some of the leading botanists of the nineteenth century.
Porella is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in order Porellales. It is a member of the family Porellaceae within that order.
Erikssonia is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae.
Bryopteris is a genus of liverworts in family Lejeuneaceae. It contains the following species :
Fulfordianthus is a genus of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae. It is found in central and southern America.
Jamesoniella is a genus of liverworts in the family Adelanthaceae.
Leptolejeunea is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.
Nowellia is a genus of liverwort in the family Cephaloziaceae.
Spruceanthus is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.
Skepperia is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus was described by mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1857 to contain the type species Skepperia convoluta. The genus was circumscribed by Berkeley in Trans. Linn. Soc. London vol.22 on page 130 in 1857.
Victor Félix Schiffner was an Austrian bryologist specializing in the study of hepatics.
Lejeunea is a genus of leafy liverworts in the Lejeuneaceae family. The GBIF lists up to 592 species, along with a worldwide distribution. World Flora Online lists up to 531 species.
Cololejeunea is a genus of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae.
Herzogiella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
Hattorioceros is a genus of hornworts belonging to the family Anthocerotaceae.
Herzogiaria is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Pseudolepicoleaceae.
Arnelliaceae is a monotypic family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. The family only contains a single genus, Arnellia, which has only one known species, Arnellia fennica(Gottsche) Lindb.. which is known as the tundra liverwort.
Grolleaceae is a monotypic family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. The family consists of only one genus, GrolleaR.M.Schust.. It has only one known species Grollea antheliopsisR.M.Schust. from South America.
Jackiellaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. The family consists of only one genus: Jackiella.
Symphyogyna is a genus in the liverworts in the family Pallaviciniaceae. Approximately 123 species are recognized. Although World Flora Online only acceptes 46 species.
