''Gerhildiella'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus 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 belonging to the family

Lophoziaceae Lophoziaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the 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 l ...

. It has only one known species, Gerhildiella rossneriana . The genus was

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by Riclef Grolle in Rev. Bryol. Lichenol. ser.2, vol.34 on page 187 in 1966. The genus name of ''Gerhildiella'' is in honour of Gerhild Rossner.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17302983 Jungermanniales Jungermanniales genera