Austral Hepaticae III : Stolonophora, a new genus of Geocalycaceae

Abstract

There are three well-defined subfamilies within the Geocalycaceae, i.e., subf. Lophocoleoideae, subf. Geocalycoideae and subf. Leptoscyphoideae (see Schuster and Engel, 1973). The genus Stolonophora Engel & Schust., new genus, belongs to subf. Lophocoleoideae, which is chfl^^e|Qf^^^^.pflssessing perianths with three equally developed lobes of wnicn me^third is ventral in position.