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Jungermanniales

Jungermanniales
Temporal range: Upper Permian to recent
Scapania vegetative.jpg
A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
H. Klinggr, 1858
Families

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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 are thalloid, with no leaves.

An updated classification by Söderström et al. 2016



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