''Pellia'' is a small but widespread
genus
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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 in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in
order
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* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
Pelliales
Pelliales is an order of liverworts.
Classification
Taxonomy based on work by Söderström et al. 2016 and synonyms from ''Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement''.
* Noterocladaceae Frey & Stech 2005
** ''Noteroclada'' Ta ...
and is a member of the
family
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Pelliaceae
Pelliaceae is a family of liverworts which has included three genera: '' Pellia'' (in the temperate Northern Hemisphere) and '' Noteroclada'' (in the Southern Hemisphere), and '' Androcryphia''. The three genera are easily distinguished, not on ...
within that order.
Süsswassertang, a plant grown submerged in
aquaria was once considered to be ''Pellia endiviifolia'', but is now known to be the indeterminate gametophyte of a ''Lomariopsis'' species, a type of
fern
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...
.
Species
Taxonomy based on work by Söderström et al. 2016
* ''
Pellia cordaeana''
Trevisan 1877
* ''
Pellia crispa''
Kummer 1875
* ''
Pellia gottscheana
''Pellia'' is a small but widespread genus of liverworts in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in Order (biology), order Pelliales and is a member of the Family (biology), family Pelliaceae within that ...
''
Kreh 1909
* ''
Pellia longifolia
''Pellia'' is a small but widespread genus of liverworts in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in Order (biology), order Pelliales and is a member of the Family (biology), family Pelliaceae within that ...
''
Kummer 1875
* ''
Pellia undulata
''Pellia'' is a small but widespread genus of liverworts in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in Order (biology), order Pelliales and is a member of the Family (biology), family Pelliaceae within that ...
''
Kummer 1875
* (''Apopellia'')
Grolle 1983a
** ''
P. (A.) alpicola''
(Schuster 1991) Damsholt 2007
** ''
P. (A.) endiviifolia''
(Dickson 1801) Dumortier 1835
** ''
P. (A.) megaspora''
Schuster 1981
* (''Pellia'') Raddi 1818
** ''
P. (P.) appalachiana''
Schuster 1991
** ''
P. (P.) epiphylla''
(Linnaeus 1753) Corda 1829
*** ''
P. (P.) e. borealis''
(Lorbeer 1934) Messe 1981
*** ''
P. (P.) e. epiphylla''
Messe 1981
** ''
P. (P.) neesiana''
(Gottsche 1867) Limpricht 1876
*** ''
P. (P.) n. columbiana''
(Krajina & Brayshaw) Schuster
*** ''
P. (P.) n. neesiana''
(Gottsche 1867) Limpricht 1876
References
Pelliales
Liverwort genera
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