Endogemmaceae

Endogemma is a monotypic genus of liverworts belonging to the family Endogemmataceae and subclass of Jungermanniineae. The genera Endogemma and fellow Jungermanniineae subclass genus Solenostoma was also accepted by Borovichev 2014, and Konstantinova & Lapshina 2014. The only known species is Endogemma caespiticia (Lindenb.) Konstant., Vilnet & A.V.Troitsky. The family Endogemmataceae, the genus Endogemma and the lone species Endogemma caespiticia were all published by Konstant., Vilnet et A.V.Troitsky in Folia Cryptog. Estonica 48: 132 in 2011. It has the beaked perianth mouth of Solenostoma and a lack of perigynium and shoot calyptra as in Jungermannia species. It differs from similar Solenostomataceae and Jungermanniaceae species in having endogenous gemmae and in a characteristic large, single oil-body otherwise only known for Solenostoma tetragonum (Lindenberg) R. M. Schuster. The name Endogemma is derived from endogenous (originate from within a living system) and gemmae (single ......read more on Wikipedia.