Lejeuneaceae
Lejeuneaceae is the largest family of liverworts. Most of its members are epiphytes found in the tropics, while others can be found in temperate regions.
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Lejeunea cavifolia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
Order: | Porellales |
Suborder: | Jubulineae |
Family: | Lejeuneaceae Rostovzev [1] |
Genera | |
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The main characteristics of the family are that:
- The leaves are incubous.
- Amphigastrium is usually present, sometimes reduced.
- Leaves are divided into lobe and lobule.
- Archaegonium in a perianth.
Some large genera of the family are Lejeunea, Ceratolejeunea (around 84 species,[2]) and Cheilolejeunea (around 275 species,[3]).
Taxonomy
The Lejeuneaceae are the largest family of liverworts with more than 1600 species,[4] which equates to roughly 20% to 25% of all liverworts. These species are assigned to 95 genera.[5]
List of genera
- Acanthocoleus
- Acantholejeunea
- Acrolejeunea
- Amphilejeunea
- Anoplolejeunea
- Aphanolejeunea
- Aphanotropis
- Archilejeunea
- Aureolejeunea
- Austrolejeunea
- Blepharolejeunea
- Brachiolejeunea
- Bromeliophila
- Bryopteris
- Calatholejeunea
- Capillolejeunea
- Caudalejeunea
- Cephalantholejeunea
- Cephalolejeunea
- Ceratolejeunea
- Cheilolejeunea
- Cladolejeunea
- Cololejeunea
- Colura
- Crossotolejeunea
- Cyclolejeunea
- Cyrtolejeunea
- Cystolejeunea
- Dactylolejeunea
- Dactylophorella
- Dendrolejeunea
- Dicladolejeunea
- Dicranolejeunea
- Diplasiolejeunea
- Drepanolejeunea
- Echinocolea
- Echinolejeunea
- Evansiolejeunea
- Frullanoides
- Fulfordianthus
- Haplolejeunea
- Harpalejeunea
- Hattoriolejeunea
- Kymatolejeunea
- Leiolejeunea
- Lejeunea
- Lepidolejeunea
- Leptolejeunea
- Leucolejeunea
- Lindigianthus
- Lopholejeunea
- Luteolejeunea
- Macrocolura
- Macrolejeunea
- Marchesinia
- Mastigolejeunea
- Metalejeunea
- Metzgeriopsis
- Microlejeunea
- Myriocolea
- Myriocoleopsis
- Nephelolejeunea
- Neurolejeunea
- Nipponolejeunea
- Odontolejeunea
- Omphalanthus
- Oryzolejeunea
- Otolejeunea
- Phaeolejeunea
- Physantholejeunea
- Pictolejeunea
- Pluvianthus
- Potamolejeunea
- Prionolejeunea
- Ptychanthus
- Pycnolejeunea
- Rectolejeunea
- Rhaphidolejeunea
- Schiffneriolejeunea
- Schusterolejeunea
- Siphonolejeunea
- Sphaerolejeunea
- Spruceanthus
- Stenolejeunea
- Stictolejeunea
- Symbiezidium
- Taxilejeunea
- Thysananthus
- Trachylejeunea
- Trocholejeunea
- Tuyamaella
- Tuzibeanthus
- Verdoornianthus
- Vitalianthus
- Yanoella
References
- Rostovzev, S.I. (1913), Morfologiya i Sistematika Pechenochnikov i Mkhov, p. 94
- "Ceratolejeunea (Spruce) J.B.Jack & Steph". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- "Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Steph". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- Schuster, Rudolf M. (1980). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America (volume IV ed.). New York: Columbia University Press. p. 708. ISBN 0-231-04608-1.
- Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 62-63 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press:2000). ISBN 0-521-66097-1
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