Nowellia is a genus of liverwort in the family Cephaloziaceae. The name of this genus is in honour of William Nowell (1880–1968), a British botanist and mycologist, who conducted researched in Trinidad and authored the book[1] Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antilles (1923).[2]
| Nowellia | |
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| Nowellia curvifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Lophoziales |
| Family: | Cephaloziaceae |
| Genus: | Nowellia Mitt. |
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Species
editNowellia includes the following species, as accepted by GBIF:[3]
- Nowellia aciliata (P.C.Chen & P.C.Wu) Mizut.
- Nowellia bicornis (Spruce) Fulford
- Nowellia borneensis (De Not.) Schiffn.
- Nowellia caledonica Stephani
- Nowellia caribbeania Fulford
- Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.
- Nowellia dominicensis Steph.
- Nowellia evansii Grolle
- Nowellia indica Pandé & K.P.Srivast.
- Nowellia langii Pearson
- Nowellia orientalis R.S.Chopra
- Nowellia pusilla Grolle
- Nowellia reedii H.Rob.
- Nowellia wrightii Grolle
- Nowellia yunckeri Fulford
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Nowell, William; Indies (British), West (1923). "Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antilles". West India Committee. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Nowellia Mitt". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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