Blasia
Blasia pusilla growing on a tree in Germany.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Blasiales
Family: Blasiaceae
Genus: Blasia
L. 1753[1]
Species:
B. pusilla
Binomial name
Blasia pusilla
Synonyms
  • Biagia Trevisan 1877[3]
  • Biagia pusilla (Linnaeus 1753) Trevisan 1877
  • Blasia funckii Corda 1832
  • Blasia germanica Corda 1832
  • Blasia hookeri Corda 1832
  • Blasia immersa Dumortier 1831
  • Blasia semilibera Dumortier 1831
  • Jungermannia biloba Swartz 1803
  • Jungermannia blasia Hooker 1816

Blasia pusilla is the only species in the liverwort genus Blasia. It is distinguished from Cavicularia by the presence of a collar around the base of the sporophyte capsule, and a scattered arrangement of sperm-producing antheridia. Rhizoids and gemmae of Blasia may be parasitized by the mushroom Blasiphalia.

The genus name of Blasia is in honour of Blasius Biagi (ca. 1670 - 1735), an Italian clergyman from village of Vallombrosa.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. Tomus II (1st ed.). p. 1138.
  2. ↑ Micheli, P. A. (1729). Nova Plantarum Genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita. Florence. p. 14, plate vii.
  3. ↑ "Part 2- Plantae (starting with Chlorophycota)". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. ↑ 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.


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