Lunularia

Lunularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Lunulariales
H.Klinggr.
Family: Lunulariaceae
H.Klinggr.
Genus: Lunularia
Adans.
Species:
L. cruciata
Binomial name
Lunularia cruciata
(L.) Dumort. ex Lindb.
Synonyms
  • Selenia Hill non Nutt.
  • Staurophora Willdenow
  • Dichominum Neck. ex Trevisan
  • Marsilia Kuntze non Linnaeus
  • Sedgwickia Bowdich non Wall. & Griff.

Lunularia is a genus of liverworts whose only species is Lunularia cruciata, the crescent-cup liverwort. Lunularia is either the only genus in the order Lunulariales, or may be placed in the order Marchantiales. The name, from Latin luna, moon, refers to the moon-shaped gemma cups.

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