Porella

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Porella
File:Porella platyphylla.jpg
Porella platyphylla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Family: Porellaceae
Genus: Porella
L.[1]
Species

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

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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