The following points highlight the sixteen orders under which bryopsida has been classified. The orders are:- 1. Tetraphidales 2. Buxbaumiales 3. Polytrichales 4. Dawsoniales 5. Archidiales 6. Dicranales 7. Fissidentales 8. Syrrhopodontales 9. Pottiales 10. Grimmiales 11. Encalyptales 12. Funariales 13. Eubryales 14. Isobryales 15. Hookeriales 16. Hypnobryales. Order # 1. Tetraphidales: In the Tetraphidales, […]
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Bryophytes: Botany Notes on Bryophytes | Plants
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The below mentioned article provides a note on bryophytes. Fossil of Hepaticopsida: Fossils of the Hepaticopsida were previously not known before the Carboniferous while the lower vascular plants (the Pteridophytes) were known from a much earlier age. This fact, naturally, gave rise to speculations. Recently however, Hueber (1961) has discovered Hepaticites devonicus (Fig. 495A) from […]
Economic Importance of Bryophytes | Botany
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We can study their economic importance under the following heads: 1. Ecological Importance 2. Formation of Peat 3. As Packing Material 4. As Bedding Stock 5. In Medicines 6. In Experimental Botany 7. As Food. 1. Ecological Importance: Bryophytes are of great ecological importance due to following reasons: (a) Pioneer of the land plants. Bryophytes […]