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Definition of Family Marchantiaceae
1. Noun. Liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli.
Generic synonyms: Moss Family
Group relationships: Marchantiales, Order Marchantiales
Member holonyms: Genus Marchantia, Marchantia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Marchantiaceae
Literary usage of Family Marchantiaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of the Toronto Region, Ontario, Canada by Canadian Institute (1849-1914), J H Faull (1913)
"Riccia natans, L. Abundant at Guelph and at Niagara Falls in stagnant pools.
family Marchantiaceae. Conocephalus conicus (L.), Dum. ..."
2. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"Family. Marchantiaceae. Genus. Marchantia. Species. polymorpha. B. Habitat: THE
GAMETOPHYTE 1. This plant grows very abundantly on the soil of flower pots ..."
3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1915)
"This monotypic genus is of special morphologic interest as one of the simplest
representatives of the family Marchantiaceae. It has been best known from the ..."
4. Elements of Plant Anatomy by Emily Lovira Gregory (1895)
"... of outward differentiation, such as to lead to pronounced morphological
differences. The former series culminates in the family Marchantiaceae and in- ..."