Plagiochila is a large, common, and widespread genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of liverworts in order

Order (biology)

In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...

  Jungermanniales

Jungermanniales

Jungermanniales is the largest order of liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem...

. It is a member of the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

  Plagiochilaceae

Plagiochilaceae

Plagiochilaceae is a family of liverworts in order Jungermanniales. There may be anywhere from 500 to 1300 species, most of them from the tropics, but the exact number is still under revision. The family also has a wide distribution in temperate and arctic areas....

 within that order. There may be anywhere from 500 to 1300 species, most of them from the tropics; the exact number is still under revision. The genus also has a wide distribution in temperate and arctic areas.

Species in Plagiochila

• Plagiochila amboynensis
• Plagiochila asplenioides
• Plagiochila belangeriana
• Plagiochila biondiana
• Plagiochila blepharophora
• Plagiochila capillaris
• Plagiochila chinensis
• Plagiochila corticola
• Plagiochila crassitexta
• Plagiochila delavayi
• Plagiochila deltoidea
  Plagiochila deltoidea
  Plagiochila deltoidea is a liverwort that resides on wet ground. It can grow to lengths of up to 60 mm with 3 mm wide leaves....
  
  
• Plagiochila determii
• Plagiochila euryphyllon
• Plagiochila firma
• Plagiochila flexuosa
• Plagiochila fordiana
• Plagiochila formosae
• Plagiochila frondescens
• Plagiochila fruticosa
• Plagiochila ghatiensis
• Plagiochila gollanii

• Plagiochila gregaria
• Plagiochila hakkodensis
• Plagiochila hamulispina
• Plagiochila handelii
• Plagiochila hokinensis
• Plagiochila japonica
• Plagiochila lacerata
• Plagiochila magnifolia
• Plagiochila minor
• Plagiochila multipinnula
• Plagiochila nepalensis
• Plagiochila ovalifolia
• Plagiochila perserrata
• Plagiochila porelloides
• Plagiochila pseudofirma
• Plagiochila pulcherrima
• Plagiochila punctata
• Plagiochila recurvata
• Plagiochila rigidula
• Plagiochila robustissima

• Plagiochila saclpellifolia
• Plagiochila sawadae
• Plagiochila semidecurrens
• Plagiochila shanghaica
• Plagiochila shimizuana
• Plagiochila sikutzuisana
• Plagiochila spathulaefolia
• Plagiochila subacanthophylla
• Plagiochila tobagensis
• Plagiochila tongtschuana
• Plagiochila torquescens
• Plagiochila trabeculata
• Plagiochila vexans
• Plagiochila wallichiana
• Plagiochila wilsoniana
• Plagiochila wolframii
  Plagiochila wolframii
  Plagiochila wolframii is a species of plant in the Plagiochilaceae family. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Plagiochila yokogurensis
• Plagiochila yunnanensis
• Plagiochila yuwandakensis
• Plagiochila zonata