Definition of Family Marchantiaceae

1. Noun. Liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli.

Exact synonyms: Marchantiaceae
Generic synonyms: Moss Family
Group relationships: Marchantiales, Order Marchantiales
Member holonyms: Genus Marchantia, Marchantia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Marchantiaceae

family Macrorhamphosidae
family Macrouridae
family Macruridae
family Magnoliaceae
family Majidae
family Malacanthidae
family Malpighiaceae
family Malvaceae
family Mammutidae
family Manidae
family Manteidae
family Mantidae
family Mantispidae
family Marantaceae
family Marattiaceae
family Marchantiaceae (current term)
family Marsileaceae
family Martyniaceae
family Mastodontidae
family Mastotermitidae
family Mayacaceae
family Megachilidae
family Megadermatidae
family Megalonychidae
family Megalosauridae
family Megapodiidae
family Megatheriidae
family Melampsoraceae
family Melanthiaceae
family Melastomaceae

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- ..."

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