Solenostomataceae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
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 ...
in the
order 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 ...
.
Genera
Genera included in Solenostomataceae:
*''
Aponardia''
(R.M.Schust) Váňa
*''
Arctoscyphus''
Hässel
*''
Cryptocolea''
R.M.Schust.
*''
Diplocolea''
Amakawa
*''
Solenostoma''
Mitt.
References
External links
Jungermanniales
Liverwort families
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