Porella is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in order Porellales. It is a member of the family Porellaceae within that order.
There were 84 species recognized in 2016, most of them from East Asia.[2] World Flora Online accepts 125 species,[3] and GBIF accepts 150 species (as of 4 July 2023).[4]
The genus has a wide cosmopolitan distribution in temperate areas,[4] where it is commonly found growing attached to the bark of trees. Members of the genus have lobed leaves with a large upper lobe and small lower lobe.[5]
Species Porella arboris-vitae, Porella bolanderi,[5]Porella cordeana, Porella navicularis, Porella pinnata,[5]Porella platyphylla and Porella roellii, were all found in Montana, USA.[6]
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^Söderström; et al. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys (59): 1–826. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261. PMC 4758082. PMID 26929706.
^"Porella L." www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ abCite error: The named reference GBIF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abcBarbour, Wm. C. (1902). "Porella". The Bryologist. 5 (2): 32–36. doi:10.2307/3237914. ISSN 0007-2745. JSTOR 3237914.
^Ratz, David. "A Liverwort – Montana Field Guide". fieldguide.mt.gov. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
Porella platyphylla is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Porellaceae. It is native to Eurasia and North America. "Porella platyphylla (L.)...
archegonial stalks. The archegonium of Porella. A sporophyte of Porella emerging from its archegonium. Porella platyphylla clump growing on a tree. Pellia...
Culhane Starring Joe Silver--Ox Pat Bright--Cow Bob Kaliban--Goat Frank Porella--Donkey Ruth Franklin--Various Animals Ardyth Kayser--Various Animals Len...
Porellales. It which originally created with just two genera, Ascidiota, and Porella. It had up to 8 genera; Antoiria Raddi, 1818 (1) Ascidiota C.Massal., 1898...
feeds on the bryozoan Cellepora pumicosa. It has also been reported to eat Porella concinna. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Onchidoris sparsa. Alder...
trichomanes) Silky wall feather-moss (Homalothecium sericeum) Wall scalewort (Porella platyphylla) Two rare species are associated with the community: Hutchinsia...
New Zealand A tubuliporid cyclostome bryozoan, a species of Platonea. Porella tiorioriensis Sp. nov Valid Gordon & Taylor Early Eocene Tumaio Limestone...
bryozoans Escharella immersa, Microporella ciliata, Escharoides coccineus and Porella concinna. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knoutsodonta pusilla....
diterpenes are exclusively found in liverworts, detected in the genera Porella, Pellia, Pallavicini, Fossombronia and Trichocoleopsis. The secondary metabolites...
†Podilymbus podiceps Poirieria Polinices Polyschides Pomatodelphis †Pontogeneus Porella Porina †Potamides – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly...
brachyspondylus Porella †Porella crassoparies – type locality for species †Porella crassoparites †Porella cylindrica – type locality for species †Porella erecta...
of liverworts harbouring symbionts. Two of the genera, Marchantia and Porella, are epiphytic, while the genera Blasia and Cavicularia are endophytic...
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