Bazzania trilobata

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Bazzania trilobata
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Lepidoziaceae
Genus: Bazzania
Species:
B. trilobata
Binomial name
Bazzania trilobata
(L.) Gray
Synonyms[1]

Bazzania tridentoides W.E. Nicholson
Bazzania trilobata var. trilobata

Bazzania trilobata, the greater whipwort[2] or threelobed bazzania, is a species of liverwort in the Lepidoziaceae family. It grows in the northern hemisphere temperate zone.

Anatomy[]

Leafy liverworts have three rows of small leaves, two lateral in one plane and one ventral, differing from mosses which have small leaves that are usually in more than three rows around the stem.[3] The leaves of leafy liverworts are often dissected or lobed.[4] It is one of the largest leafy liverworts.

Subspecies[]

  • (K. Müller) Grolle

References[]

  1. ^ The Plant List: Bazzania trilobata
  2. ^ Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.
  3. ^ (Schofield 1992)
  4. ^ (Glime 1993)

External links[]

Media related to Bazzania trilobata at Wikimedia Commons


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