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Lejeuneaceae
Sign in to saveLejeuneaceae is the largest family of liverworts. Most of its members are epiphytes found in the tropics, while others can be found in temperate regions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumMarchantiophyta
- ClassJungermanniopsida
- OrderPorellales
- FamilyLejeuneaceae
Observations recorded331,920
Lejeuneaceae là một họ rêu trong bộ Jungermanniales.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,325
- With media
- 403
- Family
- Lejeuneaceae
- Collections
- US, IPA/SP, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UFPE, F
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Brasil, Guatemala
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Porellales
- Named after
- Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune
- Image
- Siphonolejeunea nudipes (Hook.f. and Taylor) Herzog (AM AK317226).jpg
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- Lejeunea
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Lejeuneaceae is the largest family of liverworts. Most of its members are epiphytes found in the tropics, while others can be found in temperate regions.
The main characteristics of the family are that: The leaves are incubous. Amphigastrium is usually present, sometimes reduced. Leaves are divided into lobe and lobule. Archaegonium in a perianth.
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