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Haesselia

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Haesselia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Cephaloziaceae
Subfamily: Trabacelluloideae
Genus: Haesselia
Grolle & Gradst.

Haesselia is a genus of liverworts in the family Cephaloziaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):[1]

The genus name of Haesselia is in honour of Gabriela Gustava Hässel de Menéndez (1927-2009), who was an Argentinian botanist (Bryology), who also was a Geologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Riclef Grolle and Stephan Robbert Gradstein in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.64 on page 327 in 1988.

References

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  1. ^ "Haesselia Grolle & Gradst". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  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.