Marchantiopsida

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title: "Marchantiopsida" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["liverworts", "plant-classes"] description: "Class of liverworts" topic_path: "general/liverworts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchantiopsida" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Class of liverworts ::

| image = Marchantia polymorpha 20100619 44.jpg | image_caption = Marchantia polymorpha | taxon = Marchantiopsida | authority = Cronquist, Takht. et W.Zimm., 1966 | subdivision_ranks = Orders | subdivision = Blasiidae

• Blasiales Marchantiidae
• Lunulariales
• Marchantiales (complex thalloids)
• Neohodgsoniales
• Sphaerocarpales (bottle liverworts)

Marchantiopsida is a class of liverworts within the phylum Marchantiophyta. The species in this class are known as complex thalloid liverworts. The species in this class are widely distributed and can be found worldwide. Complex oil bodies are only found in the gametophyte.

Taxonomy

• Blasiidae He-Nygrén et al. 2006
  • Blasiales Stotl. & Crand.-Stotl. 2000
    • Blasiaceae H.Klinggr. 1858
    • †Treubiitaceae Schuster 1980
• Marchantiidae Engl. 1893 sensu He-Nygrén et al. 2006
  • Lunulariales H.Klinggr. 2006
    • Lunulariaceae H.Klinggr. 1858
  • Marchantiales Limpr. 1877 (complex thalloids)
    • Aytoniaceae Cavers 1911 [Rebouliaceae; Grimaldiaceae]
    • Cleveaceae Cavers 1911 [Sauteriaceae]
    • Conocephalaceae Müll.Frib. ex Grolle 1972
    • Corsiniaceae Engl. 1892
    • Cyathodiaceae Stotler & Crand.-Stotl. 2000
    • Dumortieraceae Long 2006
    • Exormothecaceae Müll.Frib. ex Grolle 1972
    • Marchantiaceae Lindl. 1836
    • Monocleaceae A.B.Frank 1877
    • Monosoleniaceae Inoue 1966
    • Oxymitraceae Müll.Frib. ex Grolle 1972
    • Ricciaceae Rchb. 1828
    • Targioniaceae Dumort. 1829
    • Wiesnerellaceae Inoue 1976
  • Neohodgsoniales D.G.Long 2006
    • Neohodgsoniaceae D.G.Long 2006
  • Sphaerocarpales Cavers 1910 (bottle liverworts)
    • Monocarpaceae D.J.Carr ex Schelpe 1969
    • Riellaceae Engl. 1892
    • Sphaerocarpaceae Heeg 1891

Phylogeny

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References

References

1. Cronquist, A.. (1966). "On the higher taxa of Embryobionta". Taxon.
2. Söderström. (2016). "World checklist of hornworts and liverworts". PhytoKeys.
3. "Class Marchantiopsida {{!}} Introduction to Bryophytes".
4. [https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/73/13/4427/6565307?login=false Liverwort oil bodies: diversity, biochemistry, and molecular cell biology of the earliest secretory structure of land plants]
5. Villarreal. (2016). "Divergence times and the evolution of morphological complexity in an early land plant lineage (Marchantiopsida) with a slow molecular rate". New Phytologist.
6. (2022). "New insights into the phylogeny of the complex thalloid liverworts (Marchantiopsida) based on chloroplast genomes". Cladistics.

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