Jackiella

Jackiellaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. The family consists of only one genus: Jackiella.[1]

Jackiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Suborder: Jungermanniineae
Family: Jackiellaceae
R.M.Schust.
Genus: Jackiella
Schiffn.

The genus name of Jackiella is in honour of Joseph (Josef) Bernard Jack (1818-1901), who was a German apothecary and botanist (Cryptogam and Bryophytes).[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Viktor Felix Schiffner in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. vol.70 on page 216 in 1900.

The genus is mainly found in Eastern Asia and around Australia.[3]

Species

As accepted by GBIF;[3]

  • Jackiella angustifolia Herzog
  • Jackiella brunnea (Horik.) S.Hatt.
  • Jackiella ceylanica Schiffn. ex Steph.
  • Jackiella curvata E.A.Hodgs. & Allison
  • Jackiella javanica Schiffn.
  • Jackiella renifolia Schiffn.
  • Jackiella sinensis (W.E.Nicholson) Grolle
  • Jackiella singapurensis Schiffn.
  • Jackiella unica Steph.

References
  1. "Jackiellaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. "Jackiella Schiffn". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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