''Apotreubia'' is a
genus of
liverworts
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 ge ...
in the
family Treubiaceae
Treubiaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Treubiales.Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". page 63 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology ...
.
There are four species, including: ''
Apotreubia nana
''Apotreubia'' is a genus of liverworts in the family Treubiaceae. There are four species, including: '' Apotreubia nana'', which is found in subalpine New Guinea, and ''Apotreubia pusilla'', which has a disjunct distribution between eastern Asi ...
'', which is found in
subalpine New Guinea,
and ''
Apotreubia pusilla
''Apotreubia'' is a genus of liverworts in the family Treubiaceae. There are four species, including: '' Apotreubia nana'', which is found in subalpine New Guinea, and '' Apotreubia pusilla'', which has a disjunct distribution between eastern As ...
'', which has a disjunct distribution between eastern
Asia (
Himalayas to
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
) and
British Columbia.
The genus name of ''Apotreubia'' is in honour of
Melchior Treub (1851–1910), who was a Dutch
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
. He worked at the
Bogor Botanical Gardens in
Buitenzorg on the island of
Java, south of
Batavia, Dutch East Indies, gaining renown for his work on tropical flora.
References
Treubiales
Liverwort genera
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