Allisonia
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Allisonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
Order: | Fossombroniales |
Suborder: | Fossombroniineae |
Family: | Allisoniaceae (R.M.Schust. ex Grolle) Schljakov |
Genus: | Allisonia Herz. |
Species: | A. cockaynei
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Binomial name | |
Allisonia cockaynei |
Allisonia cockaynei is the only species of liverwort in the genus Allisonia[1] and family Allisoniaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
The genus Calycularia, formerly included within the Allisoniaceae, is now classified in its own family Calyculariaceae.
Allisoniaceae is one of only two liverwort families endemic to New Zealand, the other being Jubulopsidaceae. There are no moss or hornwort families endemic to New Zealand.[3]
References
- ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 345, 435, 508. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.
- ^ Allison, K. W.; John Child (1975). The Liverworts of New Zealand. Dunedin: University of Otago Press. pp. 243–245.
- ^ Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts. Compiled by Tomas Hallingbäck and Nick Hodgetts [1]
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