Metzgeriales
Order of liverwort plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Metzgeriales is an order of liverworts. The group is sometimes called the simple thalloid liverworts: "thalloid" because the members lack structures resembling stems or leaves, and "simple" because their tissues are thin and relatively undifferentiated. All species in the order have a small gametophyte stage and a smaller, relatively short-lived, spore-bearing stage. Although these plants are almost entirely restricted to regions with high humidity or readily available moisture, the group as a whole is widely distributed, and occurs on every continent except Antarctica.
Metzgeriales | |
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Riccardia multifida | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
Subclass: | Metzgeriidae |
Order: | Metzgeriales Chalaud, 1930[2] |
Families[3] | |
Aneuraceae
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Synonyms | |
Anacrogynae (various authors) |