Calypogeiaceae is a family of
liverwort
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 g ...
s. This type of plant is a
calcifuge
A calcifuge is a plant that does not tolerate alkaline (basic) soil. The word is derived from the Latin 'to flee from chalk'. These plants are also described as ericaceous, as the prototypical calcifuge is the genus ''Erica'' (heaths). It is not ...
.
Genera:
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Calypogeia
''Calypogeia'' is a genus of liverworts in the family Calypogeiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
* '' Calypogeia arguta'' Mont. & Nees.
* '' Calypogeia azurea'' Stotler & Crotz
* '' Calypogeia fissa'' (L. ...
''
Raddi (101)
* ''
Cincinnulus'' (1)
* ''
Eocalypogeia''
(R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust. (4)
* ''
Kantius'' (4)
* ''
Metacalypogeia''
(S.Hatt.) Inoue (7)
* ''
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
Family (from la, familia) is a group o ...
''
Furuki & Z.Iwats. (1)
* ''
Mnioloma''
Herzog (15)
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.
References
Liverwort families
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