Jungermanniales

Jungermanniales Temporal range: Upper Permian[1] to recent
A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Jungermanniopsida
Order:	Jungermanniales H. Klinggr, 1858[2]
Families
See text.

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.

Families of Jungermanniales

Acrobolbaceae Adelanthaceae Antheliaceae Arnelliaceae Balantiopsidaceae Blepharidophyllaceae Brevianthaceae Bryopteridaceae Calypogeiaceae Cephaloziaceae Cephaloziellaceae Chonecoleaceae Delavayellaceae Frullaniaceae Geocalycaceae Goebeliellaceae

Grolleaceae Gymnomitriaceae Gyrothyraceae Herbertaceae Herzogianthaceae Jackiellaceae Jamesoniellaceae Jubulaceae Jubulopsidaceae Jungermanniaceae Lejeuneaceae Lepicoleaceae Lepidolaenaceae Lepidoziaceae Lophocoleaceae Mastigophoraceae

Myliaceae Neotrichocoleaceae Perssoniellaceae Phycolepidoziaceae Plagiochilaceae Pleuroziaceae Porellaceae Pseudolepicoleaceae Ptilidiaceae Radulaceae Scapaniaceae Schistochilaceae Solenostomataceae Trichocoleaceae Trichotemnomataceae Vetaformataceae

Plants of Radula complanata bearing sporophytes.

References

1. Oostendorp, Cora (1987). The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic. Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 34. Berlin & Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 18. ISBN 3-443-62006-X.
2. Klinggräff, Hugo von (1858). Die höheren Cryptogamen Preussens. Königsberg: Wilhelm Koch. p. 10.

External links

• Photos of species