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Makinoa crispata

Makinoa crispata
Photo: Tokyo Shokubutsu Gakkai; Nihon Shokubutsu Gakkai, No restrictions

Makinoa crispata is a small liverwort, a non-flowering bryophyte, and the only species in its genus and family. It is not a houseplant or garden plant, and care guidance mainly applies to keeping it in a moist, shaded natural habitat or collection.

Family
Makinoaceae (Makino family)
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep consistently moist; liverworts need constant humidity rather than watering from a can.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich substrate or a bark or rock surface in a shaded, damp setting.
Temperature
Cool to mild conditions; avoid prolonged heat and drying out.
How easy
Hard

About

Makinoa crispata is the only species of liverwort in the genus Makinoa and family Makinoaceae. The genus Verdoornia was formerly included in this family, but has been transferred to the family Aneuraceae on the basis of recent cladistic analysis of genetic sequences.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Makinoa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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