| Setaphyta | |
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| A mosaic of liverworts and mosses | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Setaphyta |
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The Setaphyta are a clade within the division Bryophyta sensu lato which includes Marchantiophytina (liverworts) and Bryophytina (mosses). Excluded are the Anthocerotophytina (hornworts). [1] [2] A 2018 study found through molecular sequencing that liverworts are more closely related to mosses than hornworts, with the implication that liverworts were not among the first species to colonize land. [3]
There is strong phylogenetic evidence for Setaphyta. [1] [4] [5]
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| Two of the most likely models for bryophyte evolution. [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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