Gottschelia is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Cephaloziellaceae.[1]

Gottschelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Cephaloziellaceae
Genus: Gottschelia
Grolle

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

The genus name of Gottschelia is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German physician and bryologist born in Altona.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Riclef Grolle in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.31 on page 13 in 1968.[3]

Species edit

As accepted by GBIF and World Flora Online;[1][3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gottschelia Grolle". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Gottschelia Grolle". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 6 July 2023.