Chaetocolea

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Chaetocolea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Pseudolepicoleaceae
Genus: Chaetocolea
Spruce

Chaetocolea is a monotypic genus of liverworts belonging to the family Pseudolepicoleaceae.[1]

The sole species of this genus, Chaetocolea palmata Spruce[2] is only found in Southern America.[1]


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Chaetocolea Spruce". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ Spruce R. Hepaticae amazonicae et andinaeª quas in itinere suo per tractus montium et fluviorum americæ æquinoctialis a fluminis amazonum ostiis ad maris pacifìci litora usque, necnon a cataractis fluminis orinoci, cis æquatorem, adusque fluvii huallaga cataractas, Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 15: 309-588. (1885).