Pallavicinia

Pallavicinia
Pallavicinia xiphoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Jungermanniopsida
Order:	Pallaviciniales
Family:	Pallaviciniaceae
Genus:	Pallavicinia S. Gray 1821, corr. Trev. 1874, nom. cons.
Synonyms
List Blyttia Endl. 1840, illegitimate homonym, not Arn. 1838 nor Fr. 1839 Dilaena Diplomitrion Hollia Pallavicinius Steetzia Thedenia Wuestneia

Pallavicinia is a globally distributed genus in the liverwort family Pallaviciniaceae. Thallus is simple and contains a strong hair-like midrib. Thallus area except midrib made out of one layer of cells. Thallus is dark green in color and it is very small (3-6 cm in long and 4-5 mm broad). Margins are entirely or irregularly lobed. Most species are distributed in tropical, subtropical or temperate regions. It grows in shady and moist environments, such as moist soil-covered rocks and banks of fresh water streams. Female thallus lobes have cup-shaped fringed receptacles.

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