Herzogianthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
Order: | Ptilidiales |
Family: | Herzogianthaceae Stotler & Crand.Stotl. |
Genus: | Herzogianthus R.M.Schust. |
Herzogianthaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Ptilidiales. The family consists of only one genus: Herzogianthus R.M.Schust..[1]
The genus name of Herzogianthus is in honour of Theodor Carl Julius Herzog (1880– 1961), who was a German bryologist and phytogeographer.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Rudolf Mathias Schuster in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.23 on page 71 in 1961.