Douinia
Genus of liverworts
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Douinia is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Scapaniaceae.[1]
| Douinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Lophoziales |
| Family: | Scapaniaceae |
| Genus: | Douinia (C.E.O.Jensen) H.Buch |
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.[1]
The genus name of Douinia is in honour of Charles Isidore Douin (1858 – 1944), who was a French bryologist who was a native of Bouville, Eure-et-Loir.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Christian Erasmus Otterstrøm Jensen in Commentat. Biol. Vol.3 (Issue 1) on page 13 in 1928.