Marchantiaceae


Marchantiaceae is a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales. It contains a single genus Marchantia.

Genera in Marchantiaceae

Until recently, three genera were included in the Marchantiaceae:Bucegia Radian 1903Marchantia Linnaeus 1753Preissia Corda 1829 non Opiz 1852
However, the genera Bucegia and Preissia have since been merged into Marchantia, leaving only the single genus in the family.
A number of additional genera have been moved to other families:Asterella, now in family Aytoniaceae Conocephalum, now in family Conocephalaceae Dumortiera, now in family Dumortieraceae Lunularia, now in family Lunulariaceae Reboulia, now in family AytoniaceaeNeohodgsonia, now in family Neohodgsoniaceae