Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Porellaceae


The Porellaceae is a family of leafy liverworts, with structures differentiated into stemlike and leaflike organs. The leaves are deeply bilobed. They have underleaves that are large and entire. The oil bodies are minute or few and there are no gemmae. The Porellaceae are dioiceous.

Porella platyphylla


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