Nowellia Explained

Nowellia is a genus of liverwort in the family Cephaloziaceae. The name of this genus is in honour of William Nowell (1880–1968), a British botanist and mycologist, who conducted researched in Trinidad and authored the book^[1] Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antilles (1923).^[2]

Species

Nowellia includes the following species, as accepted by GBIF:^[3]

• Nowellia aciliata
• Nowellia bicornis
• Nowellia borneensis
• Nowellia caledonica
• Nowellia caribbeania
• Nowellia curvifolia
• Nowellia dominicensis
• Nowellia evansii
• Nowellia indica
• Nowellia langii
• Nowellia orientalis
• Nowellia pusilla
• Nowellia reedii
• Nowellia wrightii
• Nowellia yunckeri

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Web site: Nowell . William . Indies (British) . West . Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antilles . West India Committee . 26 August 2022 . 1923.
3. Web site: Nowellia Mitt. . www.gbif.org . 26 August 2022 . en.