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Nowellia

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Nowellia
Nowellia curvifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Cephaloziaceae
Subfamily: Cephalozioideae
Genus: Nowellia
Mitt.
Species
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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]

Species

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Nowellia includes the following species, as accepted by GBIF:[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Nowell, William; Indies (British), West (1923). "Diseases of crop-plants in the Lesser Antilles". West India Committee. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Nowellia Mitt". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 August 2022.