| Ptilidium | |
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| Ptilidium pulcherrimum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Ptilidiales |
| Family: | Ptilidiaceae H.Klinggr., 1858[2] |
| Genus: | Ptilidium Nees, 1833[1] |
| Species | |
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Ptilidium californicum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Blepharozia (Dumort.) Dumort.[3] | |
Ptilidium is a genus of liverwort, and is the only genus in family Ptilidiaceae. It includes only three species:[4] Ptilidium californicum, Ptilidium ciliare, and Ptilidium pulcherrimum. The genus is distributed throughout the arctic and subarctic, with disjunct populations in New Zealand and Tierra del Fuego. Molecular analysis suggests that the genus has few close relatives and diverged from other leafy liverworts early in their evolution.
- ^ Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. (1833). Naturgeschichte der europäischen Lebermoose. Vol. 1. p. 95.
- ^ Klinggräff, Hugo von (1858). Die höheren Cryptogamen Preussens. Königsberg: Wilhelm Koch. p. 37.
- ^ "Blepharozia (Dumort.) Dumort". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1966). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. I. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 757–780. ISBN 0-231-03567-5.