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Plagiochila

Plagiochila
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0

Plagiochila is a large genus of leafy liverworts (non-flowering, moss-like plants) with roughly 500 to 1,300 species, mostly from the tropics. They are small, damp-loving plants that grow on soil, rock, bark and rotting wood in shaded, humid places, and are rarely grown as ornamentals.

Family
Plagiochilaceae (Plagiochil family)
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep constantly moist; they thrive in high humidity and do not tolerate drying out.
Soil
Moist humus, bark or rock surfaces; not usually grown in pots.
Temperature
Cool to warm, roughly 10–25 °C; most species are tropical or montane and dislike heat and dry air.
How easy
Moderate

About

Plagiochila is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in the order Jungermanniales. It is a member of the family Plagiochilaceae within that order. There may be anywhere from 500 to 1,300 species, most of them from the tropics; the exact number is still under revision.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plagiochila 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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