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Issue: Vol. 606 No. 3: 31 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.606.3.6
Page range: 225-230
Abstract views: 185
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A new subfamily Calasterelloideae and new genus Calasterella for a phylogenetically and morphologically distinct member of the Aytoniaceae

Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom
Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Obi 6-1-26, Nichinan City, Miyazaki 889-2535, Japan
Marchantiales Taxonomy Systematics Bryophytes

Abstract

Based on a phylogenetically and morphologically distinct species, a new genus Calasterella is established. A new subfamily, Calasterelloideae, is also proposed to contain this genus.

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