Polytrichopsida

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Polytrichopsida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Polytrichopsida
Orders
Polytrichales Tetraphidales

The Polytrichopsida is a class of mosses containing two orders.^[1] Most of the species in this class are larger than other mosses and have a thickened central stem. The leaves have a midrib that bears lamellae on the upper surface. Species in this group are dioicous.

[edit] References

1. ^ Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN 0-521-66097-1.