Gottschelia

Gottschelia is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Cephaloziellaceae.[1]

Gottschelia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Cephaloziellaceae
Genus: Gottschelia
Grolle

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

The genus name of Gottschelia is in honour of Carl Moritz Gottsche (1808–1892), who was a German physician and bryologist born in Altona.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Riclef Grolle in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.31 on page 13 in 1968.


References

  1. "Gottschelia Grolle". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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