Lepidozia

(Lepidozia)

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Description

Lepidozia is a genus of liverwort in family Lepidoziaceae. It was first proposed by Dumortier in 1835Lepidozia is encompassed within the informal group: leafy II. This bright grass-green liverwort prefers old bark surfaces on the lower trunks of redwoods in Humboldt County, CA. It has pinnate branching, incubous leaf insertion, as well as leaves and underleaves that are 3-4 lobed and divided <0.5 of their length.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Hepaticophyta
Class: Hepaticopsida
Order:Jungermanniales
Family:Lepidoziaceae
Genus:Lepidozia
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