Jungermanniales

Order of liverworts From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 leaves. Due to their dorsiventral organization and scale-like, overlapping leaves, the Jungermanniales are sometimes called "scale-mosses".[3]

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Jungermanniales
Temporal range: Upper Permian[1] to recent
A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Subclass: Jungermanniidae
Order: Jungermanniales
H. Klinggr, 1858[2]
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Families of Jungermanniales

An updated classification by Söderström et al. 2016[4]

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