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Marchantia (Preissia) Corda 1829, comb. et stat. nov.

Description

Marchantia Linnaeus (1753: 1137) subg. Preissia Corda (1829: 647) D.G.Long, Crandall-Stotler, L.L.Forrest &

Villarreal, comb. et stat. nov.

Basionym:— Preissia Corda (1829: 647) in Opiz (ed.), Type:— Marchantia quadrata Scopoli (1772: 355).

Marchantia subg. Preissia differs from the other three subgenera of Marchantia in lacking gemma-cups and gemmae on the thalli, bearing only two rows of ventral scales, and having the antheridiophore disc unlobed, archegoniophore with shortly lobed receptacle, and archegoniophore stalk with 2 rhizoid furrows and without an assimilatory strip with air chambers.

This subgenus currently contains two species, M. quadrata and M. romanica.

Notes

Published as part of Long, David G., Forrest, Laura L., Villarreal, Juan Carlos & Crandall-Stotler, Barbara J., 2016, Taxonomic changes in Marchantiaceae, Corsiniaceae and Cleveaceae (Marchantiidae, Marchantiophyta), pp. 77-80 in Phytotaxa 252 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.252.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13676556

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Corda
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Order
Marchantiales
Family
Marchantiaceae
Genus
Marchantia
Taxon rank
subGenus

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum, ed. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm], 1200 pp.
  • Corda, A. J. C. (1829) Genera Hepaticarum. In: Opiz, P. M. (Ed.) Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte als Fortsetzung des Naturalientausches No. 12. C. W. Enders, Praha, pp. 643 - 655.
  • Scopoli, J. A. (1772) Flora carniolica. Tom. II. Editio secunda. Joannis Pauli Krauss, Viennae, 496 pp.