Mizutania
Mizutania is a genus of liverworts restricted to tropical Asia, and contains a single species Mizutania riccardioides. It is classified in order of Jungermanniales and is a member of the family of Calypogeiaceae within that order.[2]
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| Family: | Furuki & Z. Iwats.[1] |
| Genus: | Mizutania Furuki & Z. Iwats.[1] |
| Species: | M. riccardioides |
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| Mizutania riccardioides Furuki & Z. Iwats.[1] | |
The genus name of Mizutania is in honour of Masami Mizutani (b.1930), who was a Japanese botanist (Bryology), who worked at the Hattori Botanical Laboratory.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Tatsuwo Furuki and Zennoske Iwatsuki in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.67 on pages 291 and 294 in 1989.
References
- Furuki, T.; Z. Iwatsuki (1989). "Mizutania riccardioides, gen. et sp. nov. (Mizutaniaceae, fam. nov.), a unique liverwort from tropical Asia". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 67: 291–296.
- "Calypogeiaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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