Abstract

The uniqe (to the Marchantiales) production of flavonols by Corsinia is confirmed and these are shown to occur as 3-O-glycuronide derivatives. The miniscule Carrpos is shown to produce biosynthetically simple flavone 7-O-glucuronides plus aureusidin 6-O-glucuronide. Corsinia, it is concluded, is an isolated and primitive member of the order Merchantiales, whilst Carrpos is strongly aligned with the reduced members of the ‘mainstream-type’ Marchantialean genera. There is no support for the suggested inclusion of both genera in the same isolated suborder Corsiniinae.

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