Andrewsianthus
# Andrewsianthus

Andrewsianthus is a genus of liverworts in the family Lophoziaceae.

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, mainly in the southern hemisphere.

It was originally published by R.M.Schust. in Rev. Bryol. Lichénol. 30: 66 in 1961.

The genus name of Andrewsianthus is in honour of Albert LeRoy Andrews (1878-1962) an American professor of Germanic philology and an avocational bryologist, known as "one of the world’s foremost bryologists and the American authority on Sphagnaceae.

## Species

Between 19, and 24 species are known:

* Andrewsianthus aberrans (Nees & Mont.) Grolle
* Andrewsianthus australis J.J.Engel
* Andrewsianthus bidens (Mitt. ex Steph.) R.M.Schust.
* Andrewsianthus bilobus (Mitt.) Grolle
* Andrewsianthus carinatus Grolle
* Andrewsianthus cavifolius Grolle & Váňa
* Andrewsianthus chimbuensis R.M.Schust.
* Andrewsianthus cuspidatus R.M.Schust.
* Andrewsianthus ferrugineus Grolle
* Andrewsianthus hodgsoniae (R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust. ex J.J.Engel
* Andrewsianthus jamesonii (Mont.) Váňa
* Andrewsianthus kilimanjaricus (S.W.Arnell) Grolle & Váňa
* Andrewsianthus kinabaluensis N.Kitag.
* Andrewsianthus koponenii Váňa & Piippo
* Andrewsianthus marionensis (S.W.Arnell) Grolle
* Andrewsianthus mizutanii N.Kitag.
* Andrewsianthus papillosus N.Kitag.
* Andrewsianthus perigonialis (Hook.f. & Taylor) R.M.Schust.
* Andrewsianthus puniceus (Nees) R.M.Schust. ex Grolle
* Andrewsianthus recurvifolius (Nees) R.M.Schust.
* Andrewsianthus scabrellus (C.Massal.) R.M.Schust. ex J.J.Engel
* Andrewsianthus sphenoloboides (R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust. ex J.J.Engel
* Andrewsianthus squarrosus (S.W.Arnell) Grolle
* Andrewsianthus sundaicus (Schiffn.) R.M.Schust.
* Andrewsianthus zantenii Váňa
