Podostemaceae
 
  Introduction  
  African Podos  
  American Podos  
  Asian Podos  
  Body plan  
     
  Introduction  
  PDF-key to all African species  
  Monographs of
all genera
 
     
  Drawings of all
African Species
 
  Photographs of
African Podos
 
  Literature list  
     
  Colette Cusset  
     
  How to cite us  
     
     

SHORT MONOGRAPHS OF ALL GENERA OF PODOSTEMACEAE

Under the following links you can find a short diagnostic description of all genera along with figure(s) depicting some characteristic features of the genus of an exemplary species (taken from Cook & Rutishauser 2007). Please realize that Kato (2006a, 2006b, see literature list) has redefined the borderlines of various Asian genera such as Dalzellia, Tristicha & Co. and described many new species, mainly from Thailand. 

Angolaea
Apinagia
Butumia
Castelnavia
Ceratolacis
Cipoia
Cladopus
Crenias
Dalzellia
Devillea
Diamantina
Dicraeanthus
Diplobryum
Djinga
Endocaulos
Farmeria
Griffithella
Hanseniella
Hydrobryum
Indotristicha
Jenmaniella
Ledermanniella
Leiothylax
Letestuella
Lonchostephus
Lophogyne
Macarenia
Macropodiella
Marathrum
Mourera
Oserya
Paleodicraeia
Podostemum
Polypleurum
Rhyncholacis
Saxicolella

Sphaerothylax
Stonesia
Thelethylax
Thawatchaia
Tristicha
Tulasneantha
Vanroyenella
Weddellina
Wettsteiniola
Willisia
Winklerella
Zehnderia
Zeylandinium
 
       
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