Blasiaceae Explained

Blasiaceae is a family of liverworts with only two species: Blasia pusilla (a circumboreal species) and Cavicularia densa (found only in Japan). The family has traditionally been classified among the Metzgeriales, but molecular cladistics suggests a placement at the base of the Marchantiopsida.^[1]

External links

• Liverwort Tree of Life
• Simplified phylogeny of the liverworts

Notes and References

1. 10.1639/0007-2745(2006)109[303:UTEHOT]2.0.CO;2 . Forrest . Laura L. . Christine . E. . David . G. . Crandall-Stotler . Barbara J. . Clark . Alexandra . -1#Davis . Long . Hollingsworth . Michelle L. . 2006 . Unraveling the evolutionary history of the liverworts (Marchantiophyta): multiple taxa, genomes and analyses . The Bryologist . 109 . 3. 303–334 . 85912159 .