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Jungermanniales

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

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Jungermannialesis the largestorderofliverworts.They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thinleaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts arethalloid,with no leaves. Due to theirdorsiventralorganization and scale-like, overlapping leaves, the Jungermanniales are sometimes called "scale-mosses".[3]

Families of Jungermanniales

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

References

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  1. ^Oostendorp, Cora (1987).The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic.Bryophytorum Bibliotheca. Vol. 34. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 18.ISBN3-443-62006-X.
  2. ^Klinggräff, Hugo von (1858).Die höheren Cryptogamen Preussens.Königsberg: Wilhelm Koch. p. 10.
  3. ^Schuster, Rudolf M. “Boreal Hepaticae a Manual of the Liverworts of Minnesota and Adjacent Regions.” The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 49, no. 2, University of Notre Dame, 1953, pp. 257–684,https://doi.org/10.2307/2422089.
  4. ^Söderström; et al. (2016)."World checklist of hornworts and liverworts".PhytoKeys(59): 1–826.doi:10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261.PMC4758082.PMID26929706.
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