Cliff Scalewort

Porella cordaeana

(Huebener) Moore Species

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Botanical name
Porella cordaeana
Also known as
Cliff Scalewort
Family
Porellaceae
Genus
Porella
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Cliff Scalewort

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Porella cordaeana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bellincinia rivularis Cavendishia rivularis Jungermannia cordaeana Jungermannia platyphylla var. dentata Jungermannia rivularis Lejeunea cordaeana Madotheca cordaeana Madotheca cordaeana f. cordaeana Madotheca cordaeana f. distans Madotheca cordaeana var. cordaeana Madotheca cordaeana var. distans Madotheca cordaeana var. faeroensis Madotheca cordaeana var. simplicior Madotheca dentata Madotheca dentata var. simplicior Madotheca lamelliflora Madotheca levieri Madotheca platyphylla subsp. rivularis Madotheca platyphylla var. dentata Madotheca platyphylla var. rivularis Madotheca rivularis Madotheca rivularis var. distans Madotheca rivularis var. simplicior Madotheca simplicior Porella cordaeana f. cordaeana Porella cordaeana f. distans Porella cordaeana var. cordaeana Porella cordaeana var. distans Porella cordaeana var. faeroensis Porella cordaeana var. simplicior Porella dentata Porella levieri Porella rivularis Porella rivularis var. faeroensis Porella rivularis var. simplicior

Others in Porella

Porella acutifolia subsp. tosana
Porella caespitans var. intermedia
Porella caespitans var. caespitans
Porella arboris-vitae subsp. nitidula
Porella brasiliensis
Porella campylophylla subsp. campylophylla
Porella chilensis var. chilensis
Porella chinensis var. hattorii

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