''Fulfordianthus'' 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

Lejeuneaceae Lejeuneaceae is the largest family of liverworts. Most of its members are epiphytes found in the tropics, while others can be found in temperate regions. The main characteristics of the family are that: #The leaves are incubous. #Amphigastrium ...

. It is found in central and southern America. It contains the following species: * ''

Fulfordianthus evansii ''Fulfordianthus evansii'' is a species of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, possibly Guatemala, and possibly Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is ...

'' * '' Fulfordianthus pterobryoides'' The genus name of ''Fulfordianthus'' is in honour of

Margaret Hannah Fulford Margaret Hannah Fulford (June 14, 1904 – November 28, 1999) was an American bryologist who was active in identifying the flora of North and South America. Biography Fulford was born on June 14, 1904, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She subsequently atte ...

(1904–1999), who was an American bryologist who was active in identifying the flora of North and South America. 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 Stephan Robbert Gradstein in Bryologist Vol.95 on page 44 in 1992.

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