Sandeothallus is a small genus of liverworts restricted to East Asia. It is classified in the order of Pallaviciniales and is the only member of the family, Sandeothallaceae within that order.[4]

Sandeothallus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Pallaviciniales
Family: Sandeothallaceae
R.M.Schust.[2]
Genus: Sandeothallus
R.M.Schust.[1]
Species

Sandeothallus japonicus (Inoue) Crand.-Stotl. & Stotler
Sandeothallus radiculosus (Schiffn.) R.M.Schust.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Rudolf Mathias Schuster in Nova Hedwigia vol.36 on pages 10 and 15 in 1982.

The genus name of Sandeothallus is in honour of Cornelius Marinus van der Sande Lacoste (1815–1887), who was a Dutch physician, botanist (Bryology). He practised medicine in 1843 in Amsterdam.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1982). "Studies on Hepaticae, LIX". Nova Hedwigia. 36: 1–16.
  2. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1984). "Evolution, Phylogeny and Classification of the Hepaticae". New Manual of Bryology. Vol. 2. Nichinan, Japan: The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. pp. 951–952. ISBN 49381633045.
  3. ^ "Sandeothallus R.M.Schust". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  4. ^ Schuster, Rudolf M. (1992). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America. Vol. V. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 347–348, 504. ISBN 0-914868-20-9.
  5. ^ 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.