Jubulaceae
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The family Jubulaceae is a 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...

 of liverwort
Marchantiophyta
The Marchantiophyta are a division of bryophyte plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like other bryophytes, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information....

s. The family name is derived from the genus Jubula. The family consists of the genera, the Jubula
Jubula (plant)
Jubula is a genus of liverwort in the family Jubulaceae.-Taxonomy:Species within Jubula include:* Jubula blepharophylla* Jubula bogotensis* Jubula hattorii* Jubula hutchinsiae* Jubula japonica* Jubula kwangsiensis...

and Frullania
Frullania
Frullania is a genus of liverwort in family Jubulaceae. It contains the following species:A*Frullania aculeata Taylor, 1846*Frullania acutata Caspary, 1887*Frullania acutiloba Gerola, 1947*Frullania akiyamae Hattori, 1986...

. The genera Neohattoria, Schusterella, and Steerea have been merged into Frullania.
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