Hymenophyton is a genus of the order Pallaviciniales (liverworts) containing one to three species. The genus was formerly described as monotypic, as each member possesses a close morphological resemblance, but phytochemical and molecular evidence now supports an infrageneric classification two separate species. The name Hymenophyton leptopodum, regarded as a synonym of Hymenophyton flabellatum, has been resurrected.[2] A population found in Chile is regarded as a separate clade, and the reinstatement of Hymenophyton pedicellatum has been proposed.[3]
| Hymenophyton | |
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| Hymenophyton flabellatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Pallaviciniales |
| Family: | Hymenophytaceae R.M.Schust. |
| Genus: | Hymenophyton Dumort.[1] |
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References
edit- ^ Dumortier, 1835. Rec. Observ. : 25.
- ^ Pfeiffer, Tanja (2000). "Molecular relationship of Hymenophyton species (Metzgeriidae, Hepaticophytina) in New Zealand and Tasmania. Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 5". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 38 (3). The Royal Society of New Zealand: 415–423. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2000.9512693.
- ^ Pfeiffer, Tanja; Schaumann, Friederike; G. Hässel deMenéndez, Gabriela; Frey, Wolfgang (2004). "Inter- and infraspecific relationships in the Gondwanan liverwort genus Hymenophyton (Hymenophytaceae, Hepaticophytina). Studies in austral temperate rain forest bryophytes 23" (PDF). Australian Systematic Botany. 17 (4): 407–421. doi:10.1071/SB03022.
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