Douinia plicata
Waxy Earwort
Douinia ovata
(Dicks.) H.Buch Species
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- Botanical name
- Douinia ovata
- Also known as
- Waxy Earwort
- Family
- Scapaniaceae
- Genus
- Douinia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Waxy Earwort
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Douinia ovata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Diplophylleia argentea
Diplophylleia dicksonii
Diplophylleia ovata
Diplophyllum argenteum
Diplophyllum dicksonii
Diplophyllum ovatum
Harpalejeunea ovata
Harpalejeunea ovata subsp. ovata
Harpalejeunea ovata var. ovata
Jungermannia dicksonii
Jungermannia dicksonii var. major
Jungermannia ovata
Lejeunea ovata
Lejeunea serpillifolia f. ovata
Lophozia dicksonii
Lophozia ovata
Sphenolobus dicksonii
Sphenolobus ovatus
Others in Douinia
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