Lejeuneaceae is the largest

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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. Most of its members are epiphytes found in the

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, while others can be found in

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regions. The main characteristics of the family are that: #The leaves are incubous. #Amphigastrium is usually present, sometimes reduced. #Leaves are divided into lobe and lobule. #Archaegonium in a perianth. Some large genera of the family are ''

Lejeunea ''Lejeunea'' is a genus of leafy liverworts in the Lejeuneaceae family. The GBIF lists up to 592 species (as of October 2022), along with a worldwide distribution. The genus was circumscribed by Marie-Anne Libert in Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. vol.6 ...

'', '' Ceratolejeunea'' (around 84 species,) and '' Cheilolejeunea'' (around 275 species,).

Taxonomy

The Lejeuneaceae are the largest family of liverworts with more than 1600 species, which equates to roughly 20% to 25% of all liverworts. These species are assigned to 95 genera.Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 62-63 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology''. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press:2000).

List of genera

* '' Acanthocoleus'' * '' Acantholejeunea'' * '' Acrolejeunea'' * '' Amphilejeunea'' * '' Anoplolejeunea'' * '' Aphanolejeunea'' * '' Aphanotropis'' * '' Archilejeunea'' * '' Aureolejeunea'' * '' Austrolejeunea'' * '' Blepharolejeunea'' * '' Brachiolejeunea'' * '' Bromeliophila'' * ''

Bryopteris ''Bryopteris'' is a genus of liverworts in 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 ...

'' * '' Calatholejeunea'' * '' Capillolejeunea'' * ''

Caudalejeunea ''Caudalejeunea'' is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * ''Caudalejeunea grolleana ''Caudalejeunea grolleana'' is a species of liverwort in the family Lejeuneaceae ...

'' * '' Cephalantholejeunea'' * '' Cephalolejeunea'' * '' Ceratolejeunea'' * '' Cheilolejeunea'' * '' Cladolejeunea'' * ''

Cololejeunea ''Cololejeunea'' is a genus of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae. References External links * * ''Cololejeunea''at Tropicos Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotr ...

'' * '' Colura'' * '' Crossotolejeunea'' * '' Cyclolejeunea'' * '' Cyrtolejeunea'' * '' Cystolejeunea'' * '' Dactylolejeunea'' * '' Dactylophorella'' * '' Dendrolejeunea'' * '' Dicladolejeunea'' * '' Dicranolejeunea'' * '' Diplasiolejeunea'' * '' Drepanolejeunea'' * '' Echinocolea'' * '' Echinolejeunea'' * '' Evansiolejeunea'' * '' Frullanoides'' * '' Fulfordianthus'' * '' Haplolejeunea'' * '' Harpalejeunea'' * '' Hattoriolejeunea'' * '' Kymatolejeunea'' * '' Leiolejeunea'' * ''

'' * '' Lepidolejeunea'' * '' Leptolejeunea'' * '' Leucolejeunea'' * '' Lindigianthus'' * '' Lopholejeunea'' * '' Luteolejeunea'' * '' Macrocolura'' * '' Macrolejeunea'' * '' Marchesinia'' * '' Mastigolejeunea'' * '' Metalejeunea'' * '' Metzgeriopsis'' * '' Microlejeunea'' * '' Myriocolea'' * '' Myriocoleopsis'' * '' Nephelolejeunea'' * '' Neurolejeunea'' * '' Nipponolejeunea'' * '' Odontolejeunea'' * '' Omphalanthus'' * '' Oryzolejeunea'' * '' Otolejeunea'' * '' Phaeolejeunea'' * '' Physantholejeunea'' * '' Pictolejeunea'' * '' Pluvianthus'' * '' Potamolejeunea'' * '' Prionolejeunea'' * '' Ptychanthus'' * '' Pycnolejeunea'' * '' Rectolejeunea'' * '' Rhaphidolejeunea'' * '' Schiffneriolejeunea'' * '' Schusterolejeunea'' * '' Siphonolejeunea'' * '' Sphaerolejeunea'' * '' Spruceanthus'' * '' Stenolejeunea'' * '' Stictolejeunea'' * '' Symbiezidium'' * '' Taxilejeunea'' * '' Thysananthus'' * '' Trachylejeunea'' * '' Trocholejeunea'' * '' Tuyamaella'' * '' Tuzibeanthus'' * '' Verdoornianthus'' * '' Vitalianthus'' * '' Yanoella''

References

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