Blasiaceae

Blasiaceae
Blasia pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Marchantiopsida
Order:	Blasiales
Family:	Blasiaceae H.Klinggr., 1858[1]
Genera
Blasia Cavicularia

Blasiaceae is a family of liverworts with only two species: Blasia pusilla (a circumboreal species) and Cavicularia densa (found only in Japan). The family has traditionally been classified among the Metzgeriales, but molecular cladistics suggests a placement at the base of the Marchantiopsida.^[2]

References

1. Klinggräff, H. E. M. v. (1858). Die höheren Cryptogamen Preussens. Königsberg.
2. Forrest, Laura L.; Christine, E.; David, G.; Crandall-Stotler, Barbara J.; Clark, Alexandra; -1#Davis, Long; Hollingsworth, Michelle L. (2006). "Unraveling the evolutionary history of the liverworts (Marchantiophyta): multiple taxa, genomes and analyses". The Bryologist. 109 (3): 303–334. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2006)109[303:UTEHOT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85912159.

External links

• Liverwort Tree of Life Archived 2007-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
• Simplified phylogeny of the liverworts Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

Media related to Blasiaceae at Wikimedia Commons