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English > 1 sense of the expression class Bryopsida:
NOUNplantclass Bryopsida, Bryopsida, Musci, class Muscitrue mosses
English > class Bryopsida: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtrue mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales.
SynonymsBryopsida, Musci, class Musci
Member ofBryophyta, division BryophytaA division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms
MembersAndreaeales, order AndreaealesComprises a single genus
Bryales, order Bryalescategory used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space
Dicranales, order Dicranaleswidely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems
Eubryales, order Eubryalesmosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules
Sphagnales, order Sphagnalescoextensive with the genus Sphagnum
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders