Jungermanniales Temporal range:
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A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
Subclass: | Jungermanniidae |
Order: |
Jungermanniales H. Klinggr, 1858 [2] |
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See text. |
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]
An updated classification by Söderström et al. 2016 [4]