Targionia (plant)
Targionia | |
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Targionia hypophylla | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Marchantiopsida |
Order: | Marchantiales |
Family: | Targioniaceae Dumort. |
Genus: | Targionia [ Micheli ][1] L., 1753 |
Species | |
Targionia elongata |
Targionia is a genus of liverworts in the order Marchantiales.[2] It the only genus in the family Targioniaceae within that order. This genus has worldwide distribution in areas with a Mediterranean climate. That is, in regions with hot dry summers and cool wet winters.
Species in Targionia
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Micheli, P. A. (1729). Nova Plantarum Genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. Florence. p. 3, plate iii.
- ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. VI. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 61–77. ISBN 0-914868-21-7.