Blasia

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Blasia pusilla
"Blasia pusilla" from Strasburger's Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen, 1900
"Blasia pusilla" from Strasburger's Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen, 1900
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Blasiales
Family: Blasiaceae
Genus: Blasia
L., 1753
Species: B. pusilla
Binomial name
Blasia pusilla
[Micheli] L.

Blasia pusilla is the only species in the liverwort genus Blasia. It is distinguished from Cavicularia by the presence of a collar around the base of the sporophyte capsule, and a scattered arrangement of sperm-producing antheridia.


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