| Hymenophyton | |
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| Hymenophyton flabellatum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Pallaviciniales |
| Family: | Hymenophytaceae R.M.Schust. |
| Genus: | Hymenophyton Dumort.[1] |
| Species | |
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Hymenophyton is a genus of the orderPallaviciniales (liverworts) containing one to three species. The genus was formerly described as monotypic, as each member possesses a close morphological resemblance, but phytochemical and molecular evidence now supports an infrageneric classification two separate species. The nameHymenophyton leptopodum, regarded as a synonym ofHymenophyton flabellatum, has been resurrected.[2] A population found in Chile is regarded as a separate clade, and the reinstatement ofHymenophyton pedicellatum has been proposed.[3]
