The Marchantiophyta are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information.
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.
Jungermanniaceae is the namesake family of leafy liverworts. It is a group of small plants that are widely distributed. Several genera formerly included within the family are now classified in the Myliaceae or Solenostomataceae.
Lepidoziaceae is a family of leafy liverworts. It is a group of small plants that are widely distributed.
Bryopteris is a genus of liverworts in family Lejeuneaceae.
Fulfordianthus is a genus of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae. It is found in central and southern America.
Leptolejeunea is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.
Myriocoleopsis is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.
Lejeunea drehwaldii, synonym Sphaerolejeunea umbilicata, is a species of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Spruceanthus is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.
Haplomitriopsida is a newly recognized class of liverworts comprising fifteen species in three genera. Recent cladistic analyses of nuclear, mitochondrial, and plastid gene sequences place this monophyletic group as the basal sister group to all other liverworts. The group thus provides a unique insight into the early evolution of liverworts in particular and of land plants in general.
Eliza Amy Hodgson was a New Zealand botanist who specialised in liverworts.
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.
Leiomitra is a genus of liverworts in the family Trichocoleaceae.
Porellales is an order of liverworts.
Cololejeunea is a genus of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae.
Anastrophyllaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales.
Lejeunea mandonii, also known as Atlantic lejeunea is a species of liverwort from the Lejeuneaceae family.
Lepicolea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lepicoleaceae.
