Haesselia Explained

Haesselia is a genus of liverworts in the family Cephaloziaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):^[1]

• Haesselia roraimensis
• Haesselia acuminata

The genus name of Haesselia is in honour of Gabriela Gustava Hässel de Menéndez (1927-2009), who was an Argentinian botanist (Bryology),who also was a Geologist.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Riclef Grolle and Stephan Robbert Gradstein in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.64 on page 327 in 1988.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Haesselia Grolle & Gradst. . www.gbif.org . 22 June 2023 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.