Pelliaceae

Pelliaceae is a

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liverworts 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 ge ...

which has included three genera: ''

Pellia ''Pellia'' is a small but widespread genus of liverworts in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in order Pelliales and is a member of the family Pelliaceae within that order. Süsswassertang, a plan ...

'' (in the temperate Northern Hemisphere) and ''

Noteroclada ''Noteroclada'' is a small genus of liverworts of the Southern Hemisphere. It is classified in order Pelliales and is the only genus in the family Noterocladaceae within that order. Unlike ''Pellia'', the other genus in the order, ''Noter ...

'' (in the Southern Hemisphere), and '' Androcryphia''. The three genera are easily distinguished, not only because they occur in completely separate regions of the world, but because ''Noteroclada'' has a leafy appearance, while ''Pellia'' is more clearly thallose. ''Androcryphia'' is much less common, and bears similarities to the

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se members of

Jungermanniales Jungermanniales is the largest order of liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts are thalloid, with no leaves. Due to their dorsiventral organization a ...

. ''Noteroclada'' is now placed in the family

Noterocladaceae ''Noteroclada'' is a small genus of liverworts of the Southern Hemisphere. It is classified in order Pelliales and is the only genus in the family Noterocladaceae within that order. Unlike ''Pellia'', the other genus in the order, ''Noter ...

. Liverwort families Pelliales {{Bryophyte-stub