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jungermanniaceae
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jungermanniaceae \Jungermanniaceae\ prop. n. A natural family of plants comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales.
Syn: family Jungermanniaceae.
Wikipedia
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 this family are found in temperate regions.
The main characteristics of the family:
1. The leaves are succubous.
2. The leaves are unlobed and never decurrent along the stem.
3. Perianth is terminal on the leading shoot.
4. Rhizoids are scattered along the stem.
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.