Jump to content

Spruceanthus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spruceanthus
Spruceanthus olivaceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Family: Lejeuneaceae
Subfamily: Ptychanthoideae
Genus: Spruceanthus
Verd.

Spruceanthus is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.

The genus was circumscribed by Frans Verdoorn in Ann. Bryol. Suppl. vol.4 on page 151 in 1934.[1]

The genus name of Spruceanthus is in honour of Richard Spruce (1817–1893), who was an English botanist specializing in bryology. He was one of the great Victorian botanical explorers.[2]

Species

[edit]

As accepted by GBIF;[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Spruceanthus Verd". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Spruceanthus Verd". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2 November 2022.