Marchantiopsida is a class of liverworts within the phylum
Marchantiophyta
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 ...
. The species in this class are known as complex thalloid liverworts. The species in this class are widely distributed and can be found worldwide.
Phylogeny
Based on the work by Villarreal et al. 2015
Taxonomy
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Blasiidae He-Nygrén et al. 2006
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Blasiales Stotl. & Crand.-Stotl. 2000
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Blasiaceae H.Klinggr. 1858
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Treubiitaceae Schuster 1980
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Marchantiidae Engl. 1893 sensu He-Nygrén et al. 2006
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Lunulariales
''Lunularia cruciata'', the crescent-cup liverwort, is a liverwort of the order Marchantiales (until recently included in the order Lunulariales), and the only species in the genus ''Lunularia'' and family Lunulariaceae. The name, from Latin ' ...
H.Klinggr. 2006
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Lunulariaceae H.Klinggr. 1858
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Marchantiales
Marchantiales is an order of thallose liverworts (also known as "complex thalloid liverworts") that includes species like '' Marchantia polymorpha'', a widespread plant often found beside rivers, and '' Lunularia cruciata'', a common and often t ...
Limpr. 1877 (complex thalloids)
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Aytoniaceae Cavers 1911 ebouliaceae; Grimaldiaceae***
Cleveaceae Cavers 1911 auteriaceae***
Conocephalaceae Müll.Frib. ex Grolle 1972
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Corsiniaceae Engl. 1892
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Cyathodiaceae Stotler & Crand.-Stotl. 2000
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Dumortieraceae Long 2006
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Exormothecaceae Müll.Frib. ex Grolle 1972
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Marchantiaceae Lindl. 1836
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Monocleaceae A.B.Frank 1877
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Monosoleniaceae Inoue 1966
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Oxymitraceae Müll.Frib. ex Grolle 1972
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Ricciaceae Rchb. 1828
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Targioniaceae Dumort. 1829
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Wiesnerellaceae Inoue 1976
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Neohodgsoniales D.G.Long 2006
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Neohodgsoniaceae D.G.Long 2006
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Sphaerocarpales Cavers 1910 (bottle liverworts)
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Monocarpaceae D.J.Carr ex Schelpe 1969
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Riellaceae Engl. 1892
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Sphaerocarpaceae Heeg 1891
See also
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Marchantiophyta
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 ...
References
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Liverworts
Plant classes