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Answer for the clue "Comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales ", 16 letters:
jungermanniaceae

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Jungermanniaceae is the namesake family of leafy liverworts . It is a group of small plants that are widely distributed. Several genera formerly included within the family are now classified in the Myliaceae or Solenostomataceae . Most of the species of ...

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Jungermanniaceae \Jungermanniaceae\ prop. n. A natural family of plants comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales . Syn: family Jungermanniaceae .

Usage examples of jungermanniaceae.

Indications of how this may have come about are afforded by the lower group of the Anacrogynous Jungermanniaceae, and throughout the Acrogynous Jungermanniacae the plant has well-marked stem and leaves.

In the Acrogynous Jungermanniaceae the plant is throughout foliose, and the archegonia occupy the ends of the main shoot or of its branches.

Acrogynous Jungermanniaceae fall into a number of natural groups, which cannot, however, be followed out here.