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Summary

Marchantiaceae is a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales. It contains a single genus Marchantia.

Genera in Marchantiaceae

Until recently, three genera were included in the Marchantiaceae:

Bucegia Radian 1903 Marchantia Linnaeus 1753 Preissia Corda 1829 non Opiz 1852

However, the genera Bucegia and Preissia have since been merged into Marchantia, leaving only the single genus in the family.

A number of additional genera have been moved to other families:

Asterella, now in family Aytoniaceae Conocephalum, now in family Conocephalaceae Dumortiera, now in family Dumortieraceae Lunularia, now in family Lunulariaceae Reboulia, now in family Aytoniaceae Neohodgsonia, now in family Neohodgsoniaceae