Claim · model-written summary
The authors propose Monocarpineae as a new suborder for Monocarpus.
- Taxon
- Monocarpus
Monocarpuse0 - Outcome
- a new suborder of the Marchantiales, Monocarpineaee0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“It is proposed to raise a new suborder of the Marchantiales, Monocarpineae, for the single genus, Monocarpus.”
Title
DJ Carr Australian Journal of Botany 1956. doi:10.1071/bt9560175
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation A new thallose hepatic was discovered in north-western Victoria with intermediate characters.
- Observation The female thallus has one spherical involucre with air chambers and specialized pores enclosing one sporophyte.
- Observation Male plants were not found.
- Observation Characters support placing allied genera within Marchantiales.
- Mechanism Enclosing more than one archegonium may inhibit development of multiple sporophytes.
- Mechanism Growth substances released during sporangial meiosis may control postfertilization thallus and involucre growth.