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Marchantiales
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hepaticae
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hepatica \He*pat"i*ca\, n.; pl. Hepatic[ae] . [NL. See Hepatic . So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.] (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and ...
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Between the Hepaticae, Anthocerotales, Sphagnales and Musci, there are no connecting forms known, and it must be left as an open question whether the Bryophyta are a monophyletic or polyphyletic group.
We may therefore leave it to the description of the several groups of Hepaticae and Musci to supplement the differences mentioned above and to bring out the exceptions which exist.
In structure and development they agree with other Hepaticae, though differences of detail exist.