Treubia

Treubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Haplomitriopsida
Order: Treubiales
Family: Treubiaceae
Genus: Treubia
Goebel, 1890 nom. cons.
Species

Treubia insignis
Treubia lacunosa
Treubia pygmaea
Treubia scapanioides
Treubia tahitensis
Treubia tasmanica

Treubia is a genus of liverworts in the family Treubiaceae.[1] There are six species, all of which are restricted to the southern hemisphere. Five of the species occur in Australasia[2] and the other (Treubia scapanioides) occurs in Chile. All species are dioicous, with separate male and female gametophytes.

References

  1. ↑ Crandall-Stotler, Barbara. & Stotler, Raymond E. (2000). "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21–70 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN 0-521-66097-1
  2. ↑ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America (Volume 5 ed.). pp. 332–333. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.
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