Jungermanniales is the largest
order of
liverworts
The Marchantiophyta () are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of ge ...
. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin
leaf
A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, ste ...
-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts are
thalloid
Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Ancient Greek, Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some Marchantiophyta, liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastr ...
, with no leaves. Due to their
dorsiventral A dorsiventral (Lat. ''dorsum'', "the back", ''venter'', "the belly") organ is one that has two surfaces differing from each other in appearance and structure, as an ordinary leaf. This term has also been used as a synonym for dorsoventral organs, ...
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
Adelanthaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales
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 l ...
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 of liverworts. They are distinctive among the liverworts for having thin leaf-like flaps on either side of the stem. Most other liverworts ar ...
Migula 1904 iplophyllaceae Potemk. 1999; Chaetophyllopsaceae Schuster 1960*
Jungermanniineae Schuster ex Stotler & Crandall-Stotler 2000 eocalycineae Schuster 1972**
Acrobolbaceae Hodgson 1962
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Antheliaceae Schuster 1963
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Arnelliaceae Nakai 1943
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Balantiopsidaceae Buch 1955
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Blepharidophyllaceae Schuster 2002
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Calypogeiaceae Arnell 1928 izutaniaceae Furuki & Iwatsuki 1989**
Endogemmataceae Konstantinova, Vilnet & Troitsky 2011
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Geocalycaceae von Klinggräff 1858
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Gymnomitriaceae
''Gymnomitriaceae'' is a liverwort family in the order Jungermanniales
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 liverwor ...
von Klinggräff 1858
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Gyrothyraceae Schuster 1970
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Harpanthaceae Arnell 1928
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Hygrobiellaceae Konstantinova & Vilnet 2014
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Jackiellaceae Schuster 1972
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Jungermanniaceae 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 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 bodies are small and un ...
Limpricht 1877 eogrollaceae**
Lophocoleaceae
Lophocoleaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Jungermanniales
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 ...
Vanden Berghen 1956
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Mastigophoraceae Schuster 1972
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Plagiochilaceae
Plagiochilaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Jungermanniales
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 liverwo ...
Müller & Herzog 1956
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Pseudolepicoleaceae Fulford & Taylor 1960
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Trichocoleaceae
Trichocoleaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Jungermanniales
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 liverwo ...
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
Schistochilaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Jungermanniales
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 live ...
Buch 1928 erssoniellaceae Schuster ex Grolle 1972
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Photos of species
Liverwort orders
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