| Blasia pusilla | |
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| Blasia pusilla growing on a tree in Germany. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Marchantiopsida |
| Order: | Blasiales |
| Family: | Blasiaceae |
| Genus: | Blasia L., 1753[1] |
| Species: | B. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Blasia pusilla [Micheli][2] L.[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Jungermannia biloba Swartz, 1803 |
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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.