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Cryptothallus
Sign in to saveCryptothallus is a previously recognized genus of liverworts in the family Aneuraceae. The plants are small, and are white to pale green as a result of lacking chlorophyll. This feature led to the creation of a separate genus. The morphology of species assigned to Cryptothallus is very similar to that of Aneura. As a result, Karen Renzaglia in 1982 suggested that the only species then placed in the genus, Cryptothallus mirabilis, may be considered "merely as an achlorophyllous species of Aneura." Wickett and Goffinet argued the same position on the basis of sequences of nuclear, mitochondrial,
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 1 inbound reference to Cryptothallus, and connects out to Wikidata, family and genus.
Vinony files it under Historically recognized plant genera, Metzgeriales and Parasitic plants.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Ghostwort
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumMarchantiophyta
- ClassJungermanniopsida
- OrderMetzgeriales
- FamilyAneuraceae
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aneuraceae
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- taxon name
- Cryptothallus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 腐生苔属
- taxon author citation
- Malmb.
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