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Blasiales is an order of liverworts with a single living family and two species. The order has traditionally been classified among the Metzgeriales, but molecular cladistics suggests a placement at the base of the Marchantiopsida.

Species

ORDER

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumMarchantiophyta
  3. ClassMarchantiopsida
  4. OrderBlasiales
Observations recorded10,981

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
13
Collections
MEL, AADC
Recorded in
Japan, Canada, United States, Russian Federation, Belgium

Wikidata facts

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taxon
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taxon name
Blasiales
Commons category
Blasiales
topic's main category
Category:Blasiales
taxon rank
order
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Blasiales is an order of liverworts with a single living family and two species. The order has traditionally been classified among the Metzgeriales, but molecular cladistics suggests a placement at the base of the Marchantiopsida.

==Taxonomy== Blasiales Stotler & Crandall-Stotler 2000 Blasiaceae von Klinggräff 1858 Blasia Linnaeus 1753 Blasia pusilla Linnaeus 1753 Cavicularia Stephani 1897 non Pavesi 1881 Cavicularia densa Stephani 1897 †Treubiitaceae Schuster 1980 †Treubiites Schuster 1966 †Treubiites kidstonii (Walton 1925) Schuster 1966

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