
Bryophyte - Encyclopedia.com
May 17, 2018 · Bryophyte Classification, characteristics, and habitats of bryophytes Hepatophyta (division liverworts) Hornworts (division Anthocerophyta) Mosses (division Bryophyta) Importance of …
Bryophyta - Encyclopedia.com
Jun 11, 2018 · Bryophyta (bryophytes) A division of plants which for some authors includes the mosses (Musci) and liverworts (Hepaticae), but is now often taken to include only the mosses; liverworts …
Moss - Encyclopedia.com
Jun 11, 2018 · Moss The mosses are the largest of the three classes in the plant phylum Bryophyta. They have been divided into three subclasses: the true mosses (Bryideae), the peat mosses …
Hepatica | Encyclopedia.com
May 21, 2018 · Liverworts occur in moist situations (including fresh water) and as epiphytes on other plants. Like the mosses (see Bryophyta), liverworts show marked alternation of generations between …
Musci | Encyclopedia.com
May 9, 2018 · Musci (mosses; division Bryophyta) A class of plants all of which have a gametophyte that is differentiated into stem and leaves. The leaves are generally only 1 cell thick (except at the …
Plant - Encyclopedia.com
May 29, 2018 · Bryophyta is a phylum with three classes, the largest of which is the mosses, with about 15,000 species. The gametophyte phase is dominant, and in mosses this is the familiar, small, …
Phylum | Encyclopedia.com
May 17, 2018 · phylum (pl. phyla) A category used in the classification of organisms that consists of one or several similar or closely related classes. Examples of phyla are the Rhodophyta, Ascomycota, …
Lycopodiophyta - Encyclopedia.com
Lycopodiophyta (lī´kōpō´dēŏf´ətə), division of the plant kingdom consisting of the organisms commonly called club mosses and quillworts. As in other vascular plants, the sporophyte, or spore-producing …
Anthocerophyta | Encyclopedia.com
The motile sperm swim through the surface water film to fertilize the female gametes, and the resultant embryo gives rise to young sporophytes. Young gametophytes arise directly from the germinating …