''Nowellia'' 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 ...
in the family
Cephaloziaceae
Cephaloziaceae is a family of liverworts.
Liverworts of this family are dioecious plants which have creeping or upright forms. They are green, brown, reddish, or purplish in color. The leaves are alternately arranged and succubous. Oil bodies a ...
.
The genus name of ''Nowellia'' is in honour of William Nowell (1880-1968), who was a British
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
(Mycology), who researched in
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...
and wrote a book, 'Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antille' (1923).
Species
As accepted by
GBIF
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Nowellia aciliata''
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Nowellia bicornis''
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Nowellia borneensis''
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Nowellia caledonica''
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Nowellia caribbeania''
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Nowellia curvifolia''
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Nowellia dominicensis''
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Nowellia evansii''
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Nowellia indica''
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Nowellia langii''
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Nowellia orientalis''
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Nowellia pusilla''
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Nowellia reedii''
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Nowellia wrightii''
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Nowellia yunckeri''
References
Cephaloziaceae
Jungermanniales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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