Jungermanniales

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Jungermanniales
A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp.
A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Families

See text.

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

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