Lepidozia

{{Short description|Genus of liverworts}}

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| taxon = Lepidozia

| authority = (Dumort.) Dumort.

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  • Lepidoziopsis E.A. Hodgs.
  • Mastigophora Nees
  • Pleuroschisma sect. Lepidozia Dumort.
  • Sprucella Steph.

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Lepidozia is a genus of liverwort in the family Lepidoziaceae. It was first proposed by Dumortier in 1835.{{cite journal|last1=Engel|first1=John J.|last2=Schuster|first2=Rudolf Mathias|title=Austral Hepaticae 32 : a revision of the genus Lepidozia (Hepaticae) for New Zealand|journal=Fieldiana: Botany|date=2001|volume=42|issue=Publication 1513|page=1|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.2543|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20365#page/3/mode/1up|access-date=21 January 2016|doi-access=free}}

Lepidozia is encompassed within the informal group: leafy II. It has pinnate branching, incubous leaf insertion, as well as leaves and underleaves that are 3-4 lobed and divided <0.5 of their length.Marie Antoine- Bryologist at Humboldt State University

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Lepidozia:{{Cite web |title=WFO Plant List {{!}} World Flora Online |url=https://wfoplantlist.org/taxon/wfo-4000021151-2024-06?page=1 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=wfoplantlist.org}}

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