Jungermanniales
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| Jungermanniales Temporal range: Upper Permian[1] to recent |
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| A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp. | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Jungermanniales H. Klinggr, 1858[2] |
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Jungermanniales is the largest order of liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts are thalloid, with no evidence of leaves.
[edit] Families of Jungermanniales
[edit] References
- ^ Oostendorp, Cora (1987). The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic. Bryophytorum Bibliotheca. 34. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 18. ISBN 3-443-62006-X.
- ^ Klinggräff, Hugo von (1858). Die höheren Cryptogamen Preussens. Königsberg: Wilhelm Koch. p. 10.
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