Bryophyta

Translingual

Etymology

Bryum +‎ -ophyta

Proper noun

Bryophyta

  1. (botany, obsolete) A botanical name at the rank of division or phylum including all the bryophytes (the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).
  2. The mosses.
    1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.
    2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Embryophyta.[1]

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  • English: bryophyte
  • Greek: βρυόφυτα (vryófyta)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI