#division_Bryophyta__Bryophyta a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)
supertype: division.phylum (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
member of: kingdom_Plantae
member: bryophyte__nonvascular_plant__nonvascularplant any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
member: moss_family a family of mosses
member: moss_genus a genus of mosses
member: class_Anthoceropsida__Anthoceropsida hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
member: order_Anthocerotales__Anthocerotales hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
member: hornwort liverworts with slender hornlike 2-valved capsules
member: family_Anthocerotaceae__Anthocerotaceae hornworts
member: genus_Anthoceros__Anthoceros hornworts
member: class_Bryopsida__Bryopsida__Musci__class_Musci true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
member: order_Andreaeales__Andreaeales comprises a single genus: Andreaea
member: genus_Andreaea__Andreaea brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits
member: order_Bryales__Bryales category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space
member: order_Dicranales__Dicranales widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems
member: family_Dicranaceae__Dicranaceae mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
member: genus_Dicranum__Dicranum type genus of Dicranaceae
member: order_Eubryales__Eubryales mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules
member: family_Bryaceae__Bryaceae a family of acrocarpous mosses
member: genus_Bryum__Bryum type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules
member: family_Mniaceae__Mniaceae family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
member: genus_Mnium__Mnium mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger
member: order_Sphagnales__Sphagnales coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass
member: genus_Sphagnum a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water
member: sphagnum_moss__sphagnum__peat_moss__bog_moss any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
member: class_Hepaticopsida__Hepaticopsida__Hepaticae__class_Hepaticae liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales
member: liverwort any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
member: order_Jungermanniales__Jungermanniales large order of chiefly tropical liverworts
member: leafy_liverwort__leafyliverwort__scale_moss mosslike liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic
member: family_Jungermanniaceae__Jungermanniaceae comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales
member: order_Marchantiales__Marchantiales liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally
member: family_Marchantiaceae__Marchantiaceae liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
member: genus_Marchantia__Marchantia type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores
member: Marchantia_polymorpha__hepatica a common liverwort
member: order_Sphaerocarpales__Sphaerocarpales small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales
member: family_Sphaerocarpaceae__Sphaerocarpaceae liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales
member: genus_Sphaerocarpus__Sphaerocarpus__Sphaerocarpos__genus_Sphaerocarpos type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus
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