Targionia (plant)

Targionia
Targionia hypophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Marchantiales
Family:
Dumort.
Genus:
[ Micheli ][1] L., 1753
Species

Targionia elongata
Targionia hypophylla
Targionia lorbeeriana
Targionia stellaris

Targionia is a genus of liverworts in the order Marchantiales.[2] It the only genus in the family Targioniaceae within that order. This genus has worldwide distribution in areas with a Mediterranean climate. That is, in regions with hot dry summers and cool wet winters.

Species in Targionia

  • Targionia elongata
  • Targionia hypophylla
  • Targionia lorbeeriana
  • Targionia stellaris

References

  1. ^ Micheli, P. A. (1729). Nova Plantarum Genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. Florence. p. 3, plate iii.
  2. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. VI. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 61–77. ISBN 0-914868-21-7.


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