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Liverwort characters

Leafy liverwort species by arrangement of the leaves

PORELLALES
Frullaniaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Frullania dilatata
Frullania tamarisci
Porellaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Porella cordeana
Radulaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Radula complanata

JUNGERMANIALES
Calypogeiaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Calypogeia sp.
Cephaloziaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Nowellia curvifolia
Gymnomitriaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Marsupella sp.
Jungermanniaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Jungermannia excertifolia
Lepidoziaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Lepidozia reptans
Lophocoleaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Lophocolea bidentata
Plagiochilaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Plagiochila asplenioides
Plagiochila spinulosa
Scapaniaceae	Distichous	Three rows	Transverse	Incubous	Succubous	Widely-spaced	Substrate	Habitat
Diplophyllum albicans
Scapania nemorea

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Taxonomic hierarchy after Crandall-Stotler, Stotler & Long. (2009).
Growth habit terms in column headings are more fully described in the corresponding character lists page (from which this table was reached).
Substrate and habitat information derived from the BBS Field Guide and Watson, E.V., "British Mosses and Liverworts", CUP (1995).
A discussion on the correlations and trends that this table suggests will be published in due course.

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Bryophyte introduction

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Thalloid plant body

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Plant growth habit

Arrangement of the leaves table

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Details of the leaves

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Reproductive structures

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Summary

The liverwort line

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