Jungermanniales
| Jungermanniales Temporal range: | |
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| A leafy liverwort, Scapania sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Subclass: | Jungermanniidae |
| Order: | Jungermanniales H. Klinggr, 1858 |
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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. Due to their dorsiventral organization and scale-like, overlapping leaves, the Jungermanniales are sometimes called "scale-mosses".
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