Jackiella

Jackiellaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. The family consists of only one genus: Jackiella.[1]

Jackiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Suborder: Jungermanniineae
Family: Jackiellaceae
R.M.Schust.
Genus: Jackiella
Schiffn.

The genus name of Jackiella is in honour of Joseph (Josef) Bernard Jack (1818-1901), who was a German apothecary and botanist (Cryptogam and Bryophytes).[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Viktor Felix Schiffner in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. vol.70 on page 216 in 1900.

References

  1. "Jackiellaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 May 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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