Pellia

Pellia is a small but widespread genus of liverworts in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in order Pelliales and is a member of the family Pelliaceae within that order.

Pellia
Pellia epiphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Jungermanniopsida
Order:	Pelliales
Family:	Pelliaceae
Genus:	Pellia Raddi, 1818 nom. cons.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Hypophyllum Post & Kuntze 1903 non Paulet 1808 Merkia Borkhausen 1792 Papa Gray 1821 Scopulina Dumortier 1822 Diplomitrion Corda 1829 Blytia Endlicher 1840 non Blyttia Arnott 1838]

Süsswassertang, a plant grown submerged in aquaria was once considered to be Pellia endiviifolia, but is now known to be the indeterminate gametophyte of a Lomariopsis species, a type of fern. Pellia liverworts are also often confused with Monosolenium tenerum, another liverwort.

Species

Taxonomy based on work by Söderström et al. 2016^[2]

• Pellia cordaeana Trevisan 1877
• Pellia crispa Kummer 1875
• Pellia gottscheana Kreh 1909
• Pellia longifolia Kummer 1875
• Pellia undulata Kummer 1875
• (Apopellia) Grolle 1983a
  • P. (A.) alpicola (Schuster 1991) Damsholt 2007
  • P. (A.) endiviifolia (Dickson 1801) Dumortier 1835
  • P. (A.) megaspora Schuster 1981
• (Pellia) Raddi 1818
  • P. (P.) appalachiana Schuster 1991
  • P. (P.) epiphylla (Linnaeus 1753) Corda 1829
    • P. (P.) e. borealis (Lorbeer 1934) Messe 1981
    • P. (P.) e. epiphylla Messe 1981
  • P. (P.) neesiana (Gottsche 1867) Limpricht 1876
    • P. (P.) n. columbiana (Krajina & Brayshaw) Schuster
    • P. (P.) n. neesiana (Gottsche 1867) Limpricht 1876