Jungermanniales
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A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp.
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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 size of the stem. Most other liverworts are thalloid, with no evidence of leaves.
[edit] Families of Jungermanniales
- Adelanthaceae
- Balanthiopsidaceae
- Bryopteridaceae - included in Lejeuneaceae
- Calypogeiaceae
- Cephaloziaceae
- Cephaloziellaceae
- Frullaniaceae - included in Jubulaceae
- Geocalycaceae
- Gymnomitriaceae
- Herbertaceae
- Jubulaceae
- Jungermanniaceae
- Lejeuneaceae
- Lepidoziaceae
- Personniellaceae
- Plagiochilaceae
- Porellaceae
- Ptilidiaceae
- Radulaceae
- Scapaniaceae
- Trichocoleaceae