''Gottschea'' is a 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
Schistochilaceae
Schistochilaceae is a family of liverworts in 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 live ...
.
The species of this genus are found in
Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of ''Gottschelia'' is in honour of
Carl Moritz Gottsche
Carl Moritz Gottsche (3 July 1808 – 28 September 1892) was a German physician and bryologist born in Altona. He was the father of geologist Carl Christian Gottsche (1859-1909).
Gottsche was a leading authority of Hepaticae. With Christian Go ...
(1808–1892), who was a German physician and
bryologist born in
Altona.
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
Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne ex
Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 February 1776 – 16 March 1858) was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He de ...
in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser.2, vol.19 on page 245 in 1843.
Known species
According to
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around the ...
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Gottschea borbonica
''Gottschea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Schistochilaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of ''Gottschelia'' is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German ...
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Gottschea cheesemanii''
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Gottschea cuspidiloba''
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Gottschea fleischeri''
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Gottschea fragilis
''Gottschea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Schistochilaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of ''Gottschelia'' is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German ...
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Gottschea fuscella
''Gottschea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Schistochilaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of ''Gottschelia'' is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German ...
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Gottschea gayana
''Gottschea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Schistochilaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of ''Gottschelia'' is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German ...
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Gottschea graeffeana
''Gottschea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Schistochilaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of ''Gottschelia'' is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German ...
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Gottschea spinosa
''Gottschea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Schistochilaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of ''Gottschelia'' is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German ...
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Gottschea viridis
''Gottschea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Schistochilaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southern Hemisphere.
The genus name of ''Gottschelia'' is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German ...
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References
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Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales genera