Bryophyta

Bryophyta.The Bryophyta (Hepaticae) and Mosses (Musci)], the first group of mainly terrestrial plants, exhibit considerably more advanced tissue differentiation, in response to the greater complexity in the conditions of life on. land.

Phylum Bryophyta, the Hornworts and Mosses
Class Musci, the Mosses
Subclass Bryidae, the Mosses ...

Mosses and liverworts together comprise the division Bryophyta, the first green land plants to develop in the process of evolution.

A taxonomic revision of Schistidium (Grimmiaceae, Bryophyta) 1...... 2. Lindbergia 6: 1-16, 89-117.
Bremer, B. 1981. A taxonomic revision of Schistidium (Grimmiaceae, Bryophyta) 3. Lindbergia 7: 73-90.

Name(s) Scope Description
Land plants, also known as Embryophyta or Metaphyta.
Plantae sensu strictissimo
This group includes the liverworts, hornworts, mosses, and vascular plants, as well as fossil plants similar to these surviving groups.

Classification: Kingdom Plantae (plants), Plylum Bryophyta (mosses), Four Classes: Class Sphagnopsida (Peat Mosses), Class Takakiopsida ("Takakiophytes"), Class Andreaeopsida (Granite Mosses), Class: Bryopsida or Musci ("True" Mosses).

1. When surveying a potential purchase, the first thing I look at is the soil: germinating weed seeds, moss or liverwort (Bryophyta spp.) that choke the soil surface are often signs of a neglected or poorly grown plant.

See also: Green, Liverwort, Conifer, Moss, May