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(Redirected from Blasia pusilla) Genus of liverworts

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
Species: B. pusilla
Binomial name
Blasia pusilla
L. 1753
Synonyms
  • Biagia Trevisan 1877
  • 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. This species establishes a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc, which are housed in special cavities, called auricles, occurring on the ventral (underside) surface of the thallus.

Blasia 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.

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. Adams, David G.; Duggan, Paula S. (2008-03-01). "Cyanobacteria–bryophyte symbioses". Journal of Experimental Botany. 59 (5): 1047–1058. doi:10.1093/jxb/ern005. ISSN 0022-0957. PMID 18267939.
  5. Vries, Sophie de; Vries, Jan de (2022). "Evolutionary genomic insights into cyanobacterial symbioses in plants". Quantitative Plant Biology. 3: e16. doi:10.1017/qpb.2022.3. ISSN 2632-8828. PMC 10095879. PMID 37077989.
  6. Liaimer, Anton; Jensen, John B.; Dittmann, Elke (2016-11-01). "A Genetic and Chemical Perspective on Symbiotic Recruitment of Cyanobacteria of the Genus Nostoc into the Host Plant Blasia pusilla L." Frontiers in Microbiology. 7: 1693. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01693. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 5088731. PMID 27847500.
  7. 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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Taxon identifiers
Blasia
Blasia pusilla


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