Blasia

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.

Blasia
Blasia pusilla growing on a tree in Germany.
Scientific 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

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

References
  1. 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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