Chaetocolea is a monotypic genus of liverworts belonging to the family Pseudolepicoleaceae.
The sole species of this genus, Chaetocolea palmata SpruceSpruce R. Hepaticae amazonicae et andinaeª quas in itinere suo per tractus montium et fluviorum americæ æquinoctialis a fluminis amazonum ostiis ad maris pacifìci litora usque, necnon a cataractis fluminis orinoci, cis æquatorem, adusque fluvii huallaga cataractas, Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 15: 309-588. (1885). is only found in Southern America.
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