bryophyte
Etymology
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Etymology
From Bryophyta, from
bryophyte (plural bryophytes)
- (botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.
- 1993, Wilson Nichols Stewart, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants, page 77:
- Without going into their reasons, Bold, Alexopoulos, & DelBevoryas (1980) and Crandall-Stotler (1980) believe that there are at least three independent lines of bryophytes and that this is best reflected by establishing three divisions - the Bryophyta (mosses), Hepatophyta (liverworts), and Anthocerotophyta (hornworts).
- 2002, William R. Buck, Bryophytes, entry in Niles Eldredge (editor), Life on Earth, page 202 ↗,
- Because of their small size and often delicate structure, bryophytes have a poor fossil record, dating back only about 290 million years.
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