Setaphyta
Subclade of green plants, also known as land plants
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The Setaphyta are a clade within the division Bryophyta sensu lato which includes Marchantiophytina (liverworts) and Bryophytina (mosses). Excluded are the Anthocerotophytina (hornworts).[1][2] A 2018 study found through molecular sequencing that liverworts are more closely related to mosses than hornworts, with the implication that liverworts were not among the first species to colonize land.[3]
Clade:Embryophytes
Clade:Setaphyta
| Setaphyta | |
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| A mosaic of liverworts and mosses | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Setaphyta |
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Phylogeny
There is strong phylogenetic evidence for Setaphyta.[1][4][5]
| 'Monophyletic bryophytes' model | 'Liverworts plus mosses–basal' model | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Two of the most likely models for bryophyte evolution.[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||