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

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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.

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