Mizutania

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Mizutania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Calypogeiaceae
Genus: Mizutania
Furuki & Z. Iwats.[1]
Species:
M. riccardioides
Binomial name
Mizutania riccardioides
Furuki & Z. Iwats.[1]

Mizutania is a genus of liverworts restricted to tropical Asia, and contains a single species Mizutania riccardioides. It is classified in the order Jungermanniales and is a member of the family Calypogeiaceae within that order.[2]

The genus name of Mizutania is in honour of Masami Mizutani (b.1930), who was a Japanese botanist (Bryology), who worked at the Hattori Botanical Laboratory.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Tatsuwo Furuki and Zennoske Iwatsuki in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.67 on pages 291 and 294 in 1989. They placed it in the monotypic family Mizutaniaceae.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Furuki, T.; Z. Iwatsuki (1989). "Mizutania riccardioides, gen. et sp. nov. (Mizutaniaceae, fam. nov.), a unique liverwort from tropical Asia". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 67: 291–296.
  2. ^ "Calypogeiaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.