Jungermanniales is the largest
order
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of
liverworts
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular plant, non-vascular embryophyte, land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in wh ...
. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin
leaf
A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the plant stem, stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leav ...
-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".
Families of Jungermanniales
An updated classification by Söderström et al. 2016
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Cephaloziineae Schljakov amesoniellineae**
Adelanthaceae Grolle 1972 amesoniellaceae He-Nygrén et al. 2006**
Anastrophyllaceae Söderström et al. 2010b
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Cephaloziaceae Migula 1904
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Cephaloziellaceae Douin 1920 hycolepidoziaceae Schuster 1967**
Lophoziaceae Cavers 1910
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Scapaniaceae
Scapaniaceae is a family of liverworts in order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of t ...
Migula 1904 iplophyllaceae Potemk. 1999; Chaetophyllopsaceae Schuster 1960*
Jungermanniineae Schuster ex Stotler & Crandall-Stotler 2000 eocalycineae Schuster 1972**
Acrobolbaceae
Acrobolbaceae is liverwort family in the order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of th ...
Hodgson 1962
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Antheliaceae
Antheliaceae is a monotypic liverwort family in the order Jungermanniales. It contains a single genus, ''Anthelia''.
Most species are found in the Northern hemisphere, with only a few species found in the southern hemisphere.
Species
According t ...
Schuster 1963
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Arnelliaceae
Arnelliaceae is a monotypic family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales. The family only contains a single genus, ''Arnellia'', which has only one known species, ''Arnellia fennica'' . which is known as the tundra liverwort.
It is ...
Nakai 1943
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Balantiopsidaceae
Balantiopsidaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps ...
Buch 1955
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Blepharidophyllaceae
Blepharidophyllaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like fla ...
Schuster 2002
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Calypogeiaceae
Calypogeiaceae is a family of liverworts. This type of plant is a calcifuge
A calcifuge is a plant that does not tolerate alkaline (basic) soil. The word is derived from the Latin 'to flee from chalk'. These plants are also described as erica ...
Arnell 1928 izutaniaceae Furuki & Iwatsuki 1989**
Endogemmataceae
''Endogemma'' is a monotypic genus of liverworts belonging to the family Endogemmataceae and subclass of Jungermanniineae.Stotler, R.E. and B. Crandall-Stotler. 2017. A synopsis of the liverwort flora of North America north of Mexico. Ann. Misso ...
Konstantinova, Vilnet & Troitsky 2011
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Geocalycaceae
''Geocalyx'' is a genus of liverworts, the only genus in the family Geocalycaceae of the order Jungermanniales.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
As accepted by GBIF
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) i ...
von Klinggräff 1858
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Gymnomitriaceae
''Gymnomitriaceae'' is a liverwort family in the order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either si ...
von Klinggräff 1858
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Gyrothyraceae
Gyrothyraceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales
Jungermanniales is the largest Order (biology), order of Marchantiophyta, liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on e ...
Schuster 1970
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Harpanthaceae Arnell 1928
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Hygrobiellaceae Konstantinova & Vilnet 2014
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Jackiellaceae
''Jackiella'' is a genus of liverworts in the order Jungermanniales. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Jackiellaceae.
The genus name of ''Jackiella'' is in honour of Joseph (Josef) Bernard Jack (1818-1901), who was a German apothecary ...
Schuster 1972
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Jungermanniaceae
''Jungermanniaceae'' is the namesake family of leafy liverworts. It is a group of small plants that are widely distributed. Several genera formerly included within the family are now classified in the Myliaceae or Solenostomataceae.
Most of ...
Reichenbach 1828 esoptychiaceae Inoue & Steere 1975; Delavayellaceae Schuster 1961**
Notoscyphaceae Crandall-Stotler, Vana & Stotler
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Saccogynaceae Heeg
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Solenostomataceae Stotler & Crandall-Stotler 2009
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Southbyaceae Váňa et al. 2012
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Stephaniellaceae Schuster 2002
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Trichotemnomataceae Schuster 1972
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Lophocoleineae Schljakov 1972 seudolepicoleineae; Trichocoleineae**
Blepharostomataceae Frey & Stech 2008
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Brevianthaceae Engel & Schuster 1981
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Chonecoleaceae Schuster ex Grolle 1972
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Grolleaceae Solari ex Schuster 1984
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Herbertaceae Müller ex Fulford & Hatcher 1958
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Lepicoleaceae Schuster 1963 etaformataceae Fulford & Taylor 1963**
Lepidoziaceae
Lepidoziaceae is a Family (biology), family of leafy liverworts. It is a group of small plants that are widely distributed.
Most of the species of this family are found in tropical regions.
The main characteristics of the family:
1. oil body, ...
Limpricht 1877 eogrollaceae**
Lophocoleaceae Vanden Berghen 1956
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Mastigophoraceae Schuster 1972
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Plagiochilaceae Müller & Herzog 1956
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Pseudolepicoleaceae Fulford & Taylor 1960
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Trichocoleaceae Nakai 1943
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Myliineae Engel & Braggins ex Crandall-Stotler et al.
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Myliaceae Schljakov 1975
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Perssoniellineae Schuster 1963
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Schistochilaceae Buch 1928 erssoniellaceae Schuster ex Grolle 1972
References
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Liverwort orders
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