''Moerckia'' 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

Moerckiaceae Moerckiaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Pallaviciniales. The plants are Thallus (tissue), thallose, typically organized as a thick central costa (midvein), each side with a broad wing of tissue one cell in thickness. All species ar ...

. The genus was first described by Gottsche. The species of this genus are found in

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...

. Species: * ''

Moerckia hibernica ''Moerckia hibernica'' (vernacular name: Irish ruffwort) is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Moerckiaceae. It is native to the Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. F ...

'' (Hook.) Gottsche

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17312940 Pallaviciniales Liverwort genera