''Treubia'' is a
genus
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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
family
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Treubiaceae
Treubiaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Treubiales.Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". page 63 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology ...
.
[Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. (2000). "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21–70 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology''. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ] There are seven species,
all of which are restricted to the southern hemisphere. Five of the species occur in
Australasia
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and the other (''
Treubia scapanioides'') occurs in
Chile
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. All species are
dioicous
Dioicy () is a sexual system where archegonia and antheridia are produced on separate gametophytes. It is one of the two main sexual systems in bryophytes. Both dioicous () and monoicous gametophytes produce gametes in gametangia by mitosis rathe ...
, with separate male and female
gametophyte
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s.
Classification
Species list:
* ''
Treubia insignis''
K.I.Goebel
* ''
Treubia lacunosa''
(Colenso) Prosk.
* ''
Treubia lacunosoides
''Treubia'' is a genus of Marchantiophyta, liverworts in the Family (biology), family Treubiaceae.Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. (2000). "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21–70 ''in'' A. Jonath ...
''
T.Pfeiff., W.Frey et M.Stech
* ''
Treubia pygmaea
''Treubia'' is a genus of liverworts in the family Treubiaceae.Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. (2000). "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21–70 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (eds.), ...
''
R.M.Schust.
* ''
Treubia scapanioides''
R.M.Schust.
* ''
Treubia tahitensis
''Treubia'' is a genus of liverworts in the family Treubiaceae.Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. (2000). "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21–70 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (eds.), ...
''
(Nadeaud) Goebel ex Besch.
* ''
Treubia tasmanica
''Treubia'' is a genus of liverworts in the family Treubiaceae.Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. (2000). "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21–70 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (eds.), ...
''
R.M.Schust. et G.A.M.Scott
References
Treubiales
Liverwort genera
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