Phylum: Marchantiophyta (Liverworts)

The taxonomy presented here follows the World Flora Online's WFO Plant List as at mid-August 2026.

 

Class: Jungermanniopsida

Subclass: Jungermanniidae (leafy liverworts)

Order: Frullaniales [1 family]

Family: Frullaniaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Frullania weberbaueri Steph. (1911) - Antofagasta Province, Chile & Lima, Peru Rediscovered Access





 

Order: Jungermanniales

Family: Balantiopsidaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Isotachis westlandica (Hodgs.) R.M.Schust. (1968) - South Island, New Zealand Uncertain [Rediscovered?] Access





 

Families: Acrobolbaceae, Antheliaceae, Arnelliaceae, Blepharidophyllaceae, Calypogeiaceae, Endogemmaceae, Geocalycaceae, Gymnomitriaceae, Gyrothyraceae, Harpanthaceae, Hygrobiellaceae, Jackiellaceae, Jungermanniaceae, Notoscyphaceae, Saccogynaceae, Solenostomataceae, Southbyaceae, Stephaniellaceae, Trichotemnomataceae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Lejeuneales [1 family]

Family: Lejeuneaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Ceratolejeunea temnantha (Spruce) M.E.Reiner (2011) - Brazil Rediscovered Access





Colura irrorata (Spruce) Heinrichs, Y.Yu, Schäf.-Verw. & Pócs (2012) - Ecuador Rediscovered Access





Lejeunea drehwaldii Heinrichs & Schäf.-Verw. (2012) - Colombia & Peru Rediscovered Access





Lejeunea glaucescens acrogyna R.M.Schust. (1957) Raven rock liverwort Piedmont area, North Carolina, USA Missing (<1990) Access





Sphaerolejeunea umbilicata Herzog (1938) - Colombia & Peru Invalid [synonym] Access





 

Order: Lepidoziales

Family: Plagiochilaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Plagiochila columbiana A.Evans (1896) - North Carolina & Washington, USA Uncertain [Missing or Invalid (synonym)] (5 December 1987(?)) Access





Plagiochila virginica euryphylla R.M.Schust. (1960) - Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA Missing (1949) Access





  

Families: Blepharostomataceae, Brevianthaceae, Grolleaceae, Herbertaceae, Lepicoleaceae, Lepidoziaceae, Lophocoleaceae, Mastigophoraceae, Pseudolepicoleaceae, Trichocoleaceae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Lophoziales

Family: Cephaloziellaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Cephaloziella obtusilobula R.M.Schust. (1980) Roundleaf leafy liverwort Georgia & North Carolina, USA Uncertain [Missing or Invalid (synonym)] (<1961) Access





Phycolepidozia exigua R.M.Schust. (1966) - Dominica, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles Missing (≥1966) Access





 

Families: Adelanthaceae, Anastrophyllaceae, Cephaloziaceae, Lophoziaceae, Obtusifoliaceae, Oleolophoziaceae, Scapaniaceae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Radulales [1 family]

Family: Radulaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Radula visianica C.Massal. (1904) - Austria & Italy Rediscovered Access





 

Orders: Herzogianthales, Jubulales, Lepidolaenales, Myliales, Perssoniellales, Porellales, Ptilidiales

—No subordinate taxa

 

Subclass: Pelliidae

Order: Fossombroniales

Family: Petalophyllaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Sewardiella tuberifera Kash. (1915) - Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand, India Uncertain [Rediscovered(?)] Access





 

Families: Allisoniaceae, Calyculariaceae, Fossombroniaceae, Kahakuloaceae, Makinoaceae

—No subordinate taxa

Orders: Pallaviciniales [6 families], Pelliales [2 families]

—No subordinate taxa

Subclass: Metzgeriidae

Orders: Metzgeriales [2 families], Pleuroziales [1 family]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Class: Marchantiopsida

Subclass: Marchantiidae

Order: Marchantiales

Family: Cyathodiaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Cyathodium acrotrichum Schiffn. (1939) - India Rediscovered Access





 

Families: Aytoniaceae, Cleveaceae, Conocephalaceae, Corsiniaceae, Dumortieraceae, Marchantiaceae, Monocleaceae, Monosoleniaceae, Ricciaceae, Targioniaceae, Wiesnerellaceae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Sphaerocarpales

Family: Riellaceae
Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Riella alatospora Wigglesw. (1937) - South Africa Rediscovered Access





 

Families: Monocarpaceae, Sphaerocarpaceae

—No subordinate taxa

Orders: Lunulariales [1 family], Neohodgsoniales [1 family]

—No subordinate taxa

Subclass: Blasiidae

Order: Blasiales [1 family]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Class: incertae sedis

Scientific Name & Authority Common Name/s Distribution (Habitat) Status (Last Record) Taxon Profile
         
Bryosporis anisopolaris Mildenhall & Bussell (1990) - New Zealand Extinct (c.90ka) Access





 

Class: Haplomitriopsida

Orders: Calobryales [1 family], Treubiales [1 family]

—No subordinate taxa

 

Statistics

Conservation status Number of taxa (in percentage)


Erroneously listed 0
Extinct 1 (6.66%)
Missing 3 (20%)
Extinct in the Wild 0
Possibly Extinct in the Wild 0
Globally Rediscovered 7 (46.67%)
Rediscovered in the Wild 0
Reintroduced 0
Uncertain status 4 (26.67%)
Hypothetical 0


Total 15 (100%)


Invalid 1


Grand total 16 (106.66%)

 

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