| Plagiochila | |
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| Plagiochila asplenioides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Jungermanniales |
| Family: | Plagiochilaceae |
| Genus: | Plagiochila (Dumort.) Dumort., 1835 nom. cons. |
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Plagiochila is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in the order Jungermanniales.[1] It is a member of the family Plagiochilaceae within that order. There may be anywhere from 500 to 1300 species, most of them from the tropics; the exact number is still under revision. The genus also has a wide distribution in temperate and arctic areas.
- ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1980). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. IV. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 342–539. ISBN 0-231-04608-1.