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moss family

DEFINITIONS OF: moss family

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n a family of mosses

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Anthocerotaceae, family Anthocerotaceae
hornworts
Dicranaceae, family Dicranaceae
mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
Bryaceae, family Bryaceae
a family of acrocarpous mosses
Mniaceae, family Mniaceae
family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
Jungermanniaceae, family Jungermanniaceae
comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales
Marchantiaceae, family Marchantiaceae
liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
Sphaerocarpaceae, family Sphaerocarpaceae
liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales
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(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
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