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Jungermanniales

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Jungermanniales
Temporal range: Upper Permian[1] to recent
A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp.
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Jungermanniales

Families

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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.

Families of Jungermanniales

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Plants of Radula complanata bearing sporophytes.

References

  1. ^ Oostendorp, Cora (1987). The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic. Bryophytorum Bibliotheca. Vol. 34. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 18. ISBN 3-443-62006-X.
  2. ^ Klinggräff, Hugo von (1858). Die höheren Cryptogamen Preussens. Königsberg: Wilhelm Koch. p. 10.