Nowellia

Nowellia is a genus of liverwort in the family Cephaloziaceae.

Nowellia
Nowellia curvifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Cephaloziaceae
Subfamily: Cephalozioideae
Genus: Nowellia
Mitt.

The genus name of Nowellia is in honour of William Nowell (1880-1968), who was a British botanist (Mycology), who researched in Trinidad and wrote a book,[1] 'Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antille' (1923).[2]

Species

As accepted by GBIF;[3]

  • Nowellia aciliata (P.C.Chen & P.C.Wu) Mizut.
  • Nowellia bicornis (Spruce) Fulford
  • Nowellia borneensis (De Not.) Schiffn.
  • Nowellia caledonica Stephani
  • Nowellia caribbeania Fulford
  • Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.
  • Nowellia dominicensis Steph.
  • Nowellia evansii Grolle
  • Nowellia indica Pandé & K.P.Srivast.
  • Nowellia langii Pearson
  • Nowellia orientalis R.S.Chopra
  • Nowellia pusilla Grolle
  • Nowellia reedii H.Rob.
  • Nowellia wrightii Grolle
  • Nowellia yunckeri Fulford

References
  1. 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.
  2. Nowell, William; Indies (British), West (1923). "Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antilles". West India Committee. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. "Nowellia Mitt". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 August 2022.


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