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Frullania

Raddi (1818)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Marchantiophyta Class/Clade: Jungermanniopsida Order: Porellales Family: Frullaniaceae Genus: Frullania

Description

Key Characters: Leaves complicate-bilobed (with dorsal lobe and ventral lobule); Underleaves present; Plants ˂ 5 mm wide; leaves smooth, not ridged; dorsal lobes larger than the ventral lobules; rhizoids pale; common to rare; Lobule attached at the lobe’s base or along its lower margin, but not forming a long fold or keel mostly inflated, plants often forming reddish-black mats appressed to smooth tree bark, or projecting from it; Lobule attached at the base of the lobe’s lower margin, usually from a short stalk, galeate (helmet-shaped), or cylindrical (sausage-shaped), some with occasional ligulate (tongue-shaped), and flattened lobules intermixed (Frullania sandvicensis); common.

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Jungermanniogr. Etrusca 9 (1818)

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