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Bryophyta
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Bryophyta
Bryophyta
Translingual
Proper noun
Bryophyta
- (botany, obsolete) A botanical name at the rank of division or phylum including all the bryophytes (the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).
- The mosses.
- A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Embryophyta.
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (division): Andreaeobryopsida, Andreaeopsida, Bryopsida, Polytrichopsida, Sphagnopsida, Takakiopsida - classes
- (phylum): Andreaeobryopsida, Andreaeopsida, Bryopsida, Oedipodiopsida, Polytrichopsida, Sphagnopsida, Takakiopsida, Tetraphidopsida - classes
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521