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Porella

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Porella
Porella platyphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Family: Porellaceae
Genus: Porella
L.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[citation needed]
  • Macvicaria W.E. Nicholson
  • Madotheca Dum.
  • Schulthesia Raddi

Porella is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in order Porellales. It is a member of the family Porellaceae within that order.

There were 84 species recognized in 2016, most of them from East Asia.[2] World Flora Online accepts 125 species,[3] and GBIF accepts 150 species (as of 4 July 2023).[4]

The genus has a wide cosmopolitan distribution in temperate areas,[4] 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.[5]

Species Porella arboris-vitae, Porella bolanderi,[5] Porella cordeana, Porella navicularis, Porella pinnata,[5] Porella platyphylla and Porella roellii, were all found in Montana, USA.[6]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Porella by GBIF;[4]

References

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  1. Sp. Pl. 2: 1106. 1753.
  2. Söderström; et al. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys (59): 1–826. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.
  3. "Porella L." www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Porella L." www.gbif.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Barbour, Wm. C. (1902). "Porella". The Bryologist. 5 (2): 32–36. doi:10.2307/3237914. ISSN 0007-2745. JSTOR 3237914.
  6. Ratz, David. "A Liverwort – Montana Field Guide". fieldguide.mt.gov. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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