Lunularia

Lunularia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Lunulariales
H.Klinggr.
Family: Lunulariaceae
H.Klinggr.
Genus: Lunularia
Adans.
Species:
L. cruciata
Binomial name
Lunularia cruciata
(L.) Dumort. ex Lindb.
Synonyms
  • Selenia Hill 1773 non Nutt. 1825
  • Staurophora Willdenow 1809
  • Dichominum Neck. ex Trevisan 1877
  • Marsilia Kuntze 1891 non Linnaeus 1753
  • Sedgwickia Bowdich 1835 non Wall. & Griff. 1836

Lunularia is a genus of liverworts whose only species is Lunularia cruciata, the crescent-cup liverwort.[1] Lunularia is either the only genus in the order Lunulariales,[2] or may be placed in the order Marchantiales.[3][4][5] The name, from Latin luna, moon, refers to the moon-shaped gemma cups.

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