''Lophocolea'' 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
Lophocoleaceae
Lophocoleaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales.
Genera
Genera:
*''Bragginsella''
*''Chiloscyphus''
*''Clasmatocolea''
*''Conoscyphus''
*''Cryptolophocolea''
*''Deceptifrons''
*''Evansianthus''
*''Hepatosto ...
. The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species
The species of the genus ''Lophocolea'' include:
* ''
Lophocolea aberrans
''Lophocolea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lophocoleaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the ...
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Lindenb. & Gottsche
* ''
Lophocolea aequifolia
''Lophocolea'' is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lophocoleaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The species of the genus ''Lophocolea'' include:
* ''Lophocolea aberrans
''Lophocolea'' is a genus of liverwort ...
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Nees & Mont.
* ''
Lophocolea bidentata
''Lophocolea bidentata'' is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Lophocoleaceae.
A study in tropical Ecuador found that ''Lophocolea bidentata'' was typically not found in urban environments despite being found in a nearby pristine loc ...
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(L.) Dumort.
* ''
Lophocolea heterophylla
''Lophocolea heterophylla'', the variable-leaved crestwort, is a liverwort species belonging to the order Jungermanniales, which is the largest liverwort order.
Description
The variable-leaved crestwort has pale green translucent leaves, which a ...
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(Schrad.) Dumort.
References
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Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales genera