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An example of moss (Bryophyta) on the forest floor in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Bryophytes (/ ˈ b r aɪ. ə ˌ f aɪ t s /) [2] are a group of land plants (embryophytes), sometimes treated as a taxonomic division, that contains three groups of non-vascular land plants: the liverworts, hornworts, and mosses (Bryophyta sensu lato). [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Class: Marchantiopsida: Order: ... The sporophyte of Riccia is the simplest amongst bryophytes. It consist of only a capsule ...
Most bryophytes, such as these mosses, produce stalked sporophytes from which their spores are released. The non-vascular land plants, namely the mosses (Bryophyta), hornworts (Anthocerotophyta), and liverworts (Marchantiophyta), are relatively small plants, often confined to environments that are humid or at least seasonally moist.
Diagram showing the alternation of generations between a diploid sporophyte (bottom) and a haploid gametophyte (top) Alternation of generations (also known as metagenesis or heterogenesis) [1] is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae.
Bryology (from Greek bryon, a moss, a liverwort) is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryologists are people who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying or researching bryophytes. [1]
Marchantia is a genus of liverworts in the family Marchantiaceae and the order Marchantiales.The genus was named by French botanist Jean Marchant after his father.. The thallus of Marchantia shows differentiation into two layers: an upper photosynthetic layer with a well-defined upper epidermis with pores and a lower storage layer.
Epibryon is a genus of fungi, and the sole genus in the monogeneric family Epibryaceae.It has about 40 species. [1] Many of the species grow parasitically on bryophytes.The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Peter Döbbeler in 1978; [2] the family by Soili Stenroos and Cécile Gueidan in 2014.
The Bryopsida constitute the largest class of mosses, containing 95% of all moss species.It consists of approximately 11,500 species, common throughout the whole world. The group is distinguished by having spore capsules with teeth that are arthrodontous; the teeth are separate from each other and jointed at the base where they attach to the opening of the capsule. [2]