The Setaphyta are a clade within the
Bryophyta which includes
Marchantiophytina (liverworts) and
Bryophytina (mosses).
Anthocerotophytina (hornworts) are excluded.
A 2018 study found through molecular sequencing that liverworts are more closely related to mosses than hornworts, with the implication that liverworts were not among the first species to colonize land.
Phylogeny
There is strong phylogenetic evidence for Setaphyta.
References
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Bryophytes
Plant unranked clades