{{One source|date=February 2021}} [[File:Calypogeia azurea (Bartkelch-Lebermoos) IMG 4158.JPG|thumb|The leaves of ''Calypogeia'' are incubous.]] The term '''incubous''' describes the way in which the leaves of a liverwort are attached to the stem. If one were to look down from above (dorsal side) on a plant where the leaf attachment is ''incubous'', the upper edge of each leaf would overlap the next higher leaf along the stem. Because of this, the upper edge of each leaf is visible from above, but the lower edge of each leaf is obscured by its neighboring leaf.<ref>{{cite book | editor=Wigginton, M. J. | year=2004 | title=E.W. Jones's Liverwort and Hornwort Flora of West Africa | location=Meise, Belgium | publisher=National Botanic Garden | series=Scripta Botanica Belgica | page=17 }}</ref> The opposite of ''incubous'' is succubous.

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