''Mizutania'' is a
genus
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of
liverworts
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restricted to tropical
Asia
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, and contains a single species ''Mizutania riccardioides''. It is classified in
order
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of
Jungermanniales and is a member of the
family
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of Calypogeiaceae within that order.
The genus name of ''Mizutania'' is in honour of Masami Mizutani (b.1930), who was a Japanese botanist (Bryology), who worked at the Hattori Botanical Laboratory.
The genus was
circumscribed
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by
Tatsuwo Furuki and
Zennoske Iwatsuki in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.67 on pages 291 and 294 in 1989.
References
Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales genera
Monotypic bryophyte genera
Flora of Asia
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