''Porella'' is a large, common, and widespread
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 ...
in
order
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Porellales. It is a member of the
family
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Porellaceae
Porellaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Porellales. It which originally created with just two genera, '' Ascidiota'', and '' Porella''.
It now has up to 8 genera;
* '' Antoiria'' (1)
* ''Ascidiota'' (3)
* ''Bellincinia''
* '' ...
within that order. There are 84 species recognized, most of them from East Asia. The genus has a wide distribution in temperate areas, where it is commonly found growing attached to the bark of trees. Members of the genus have lobed leaves with a large upper lobe and small lower lobe.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Porella'':
* ''
Porella arboris-vitae''
* ''
Porella bolanderi''
* ''
Porella cordeana''
* ''
Porella navicularis''
* ''
Porella pinnata''
* ''
Porella platyphylla
''Porella platyphylla'' is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Porellaceae
Porellaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Porellales. It which originally created with just two genera, '' Ascidiota'', and '' Porella''.
It no ...
''
* ''
Porella roellii''
References
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Porellales
Porellales genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Taxa described in 1753
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