Lexic.us

Definition of Order jungermanniales

1. Noun. Large order of chiefly tropical liverworts.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Jungermanniales

Literary usage of Order jungermanniales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Geology of Connecticut by William North Rice, Herbert Ernest Gregory (1908)
"Greenland to Alaska, south to Florida and the West Indies; Europe; Asia. REF. Eaton, 15, 69. Evans, 28, 170. Underwood, 75, 69. order jungermanniales FAMILY ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... The order Jungermanniales comprises the two somewhat artificial families, the Metzgeriaceae (see below) and the Jungerman- ..."

3. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1910)
"The foliose liverworts have a more highly specialized capsule (the capsule four-valved). They belong to the order jungermanniales, but some members of this ..."

4. Botany for High Schhools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"The foliose liverworts have a more highly specialized capsule (the capsule four-valved). They belong to the order jungermanniales, but some members of this ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1898)
"About nine-tenths of all described species of hepaticae belong to the order Jungermanniales, and characteristic examples of these will be studied first, ..."

6. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"This assemblage (order Jungermanniales) is very much the largest group of the liverworts and contains more than three thousand species. ..."

7. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Order, Jungermanniales. Family, Jungermanniaceae. This rather large, scaly liverwort is very abundant on the bark of trees. It may be kept for a long time ..."

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