HyperDic: hepaticae

English > 1 sense of the word Hepaticae:
NOUNplantHepaticae, Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticaeliverworts
English > Hepaticae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningliverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales.
SynonymsHepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticae
Member ofBryophyta, division BryophytaA division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms
MembersJungermanniales, order Jungermannialeslarge order of chiefly tropical liverworts
Marchantiales, order Marchantialesliverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally
Sphaerocarpales, order Sphaerocarpalessmall order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales
liverwort, hepaticAny of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
SpanishHepaticae, hepáticas
Catalanhepàtiques

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