''Douinia'' is a genus of
liverworts belonging to the family
Scapaniaceae
Scapaniaceae is a family of liverworts in order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest order of liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts ar ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
The genus name of ''Douinia'' is in honour of
Charles Isidore Douin
Charles Isidore Douin (1858 – 1944) was a French bryologist who was a native of Bouville, Eure-et-Loir.
Biography
He taught school in Chartres, and was the author of a highly regarded work on mosses and liverworts titled ''Nouvelle flore d ...
(1858 – 1944), who was a French bryologist who was a native of Bouville, Eure-et-Loir.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by
Christian Erasmus Otterstrøm Jensen in Commentat. Biol. Vol.3 (Issue 1) on page 13 in 1928.
Species
* ''
Douinia imbricata
''Douinia'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Scapaniaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
The genus name of ''Douinia'' is in honour of Charles Isidore Douin (1858 – 1944), who was a Fren ...
'' (M.Howe) Konstant. & Vilnet
* ''
Douinia ovata
''Douinia'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Scapaniaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
The genus name of ''Douinia'' is in honour of Charles Isidore Douin (1858 – 1944), who was a Fren ...
'' (Dicks.) H.Buch
* ''
Douinia plicata'' (Lindb.) Konstant. & Vilnet
References
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Scapaniaceae
Jungermanniales genera