Porella is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in order Porellales. It is a member of the family Porellaceae within that order.

Porella
Porella platyphylla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Family: Porellaceae
Genus: Porella
L., 1753[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Macvicaria >W.E. Nicholson
  • Madotheca Dum.
  • Schulthesia Raddi

There were 84 species recognized in 2016, most of them from East Asia.[2] World Flora Online accepts 125 species,[3] and GBIF accepts 150 species (as of 4 July 2023).[4]

The genus has a wide cosmopolitan distribution in temperate areas,[4] where it is commonly found growing attached to the bark of trees. Members of the genus have lobed leaves with a large upper lobe and small lower lobe.[5]

Species Porella arboris-vitae, Porella bolanderi,[5] Porella cordeana, Porella navicularis, Porella pinnata,[5] Porella platyphylla and Porella roellii, were all found in Montana, USA.[6]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Porella by GBIF;[4]

References

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  1. ^ Sp. Pl. 2: 1106. 1753.
  2. ^ Söderström; et al. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys (59): 1–826. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.
  3. ^ "Porella L." www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Porella L." www.gbif.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e Barbour, Wm. C. (1902). "Porella". The Bryologist. 5 (2): 32–36. doi:10.2307/3237914. ISSN 0007-2745. JSTOR 3237914.
  6. ^ Ratz, David. "A Liverwort – Montana Field Guide". fieldguide.mt.gov. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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