Ptilidium ciliare (L.) Hampe
Ciliated fringewort, northern naugehyde liverwort
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| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Division | Hepatophyta | Liverworts: simple, non-vascular plants |
| Subdivision | Hepaticae | Thallose and leafy liverworts |
| Class | Hepatopsida | Liverworts with prostrate form, extending horizontally, with leaflike form |
| Subclass | Jungermanniae | Hepatic mosses, named for botanist Ludwig Jungermann |
| Order | Jungermanniales | Liverworts with thin leaf-like flags on each side of the stem; other liveworts lack evidence of leaves |
| Family | Ptilidiaceae | Family name derives from Greek ptilidon, ”small feather,“ referring to deeply divided, fringed leaves |
| Genus | Ptilidium | From the Greek ptilidon, ”small feather,“ referring to deeply divided, fringed leaves |
| Species | ciliare |
Ptilidium ciliare description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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