Belongs within: Bryophyta.Contains: Sphagnum subgenus Sphagnum. The Sphagnum mosses are, together with the Tasmanian Ambuchanania leucobryoides, the sister group to all other living mosses. They have thalloid protonemata, leafy shoots lacking rhizoids, and the capsules are not held above the gametophytes by a seta but by an extension of the gametophyte itself called the pseudopod.… Continue reading Sphagnales
Category: Embryophyta
Agrostis
Belongs within: Pooideae. Agrostis, the bentgrasses, is a genus of about 200 species of grasses found in temperate and tropical montane regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Many bentgrasses are widely used in lawns. These include the creeping bentgrass A. stolonifera, which is native to Eurasia and northern Africa and has been widely introduced in other… Continue reading Agrostis
Lamiales
Belongs within: Lamiidae.Contains: Avicennia, Lindernia, Calceolariaceae, Gesneriaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Pedaliaceae, Acanthaceae, Phrymaceae, Lamiaceae, Orobanchaceae, Martyniaceae, Verbenaceae, Bignoniaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Ligustrum, Oleoideae, Jasminoideae. The Lamiales are a large clade of flowering plants. The greatest diversity of species are herbs or shrubs but members also include large trees and parasites of other plants. Members include the Stilbaceae, a… Continue reading Lamiales
Ajuga
Belongs within: Lamiaceae. Bugle call Published 9 June 2026 Members of the mint family Lamiaceae include many of the world’s most popular garden plants. This popularity is particularly driven by the aromatic nature of many Lamiaceae species, resulting in their use as herbs, such as mint and rosemary. But there are also representatives that are generally… Continue reading Ajuga
Marchantiales
Belongs within: Marchantiopsida. The Marchantiales are a group of complex thalloid liverworts with hexagonal or pentagonal scale cells, lanceolate scales, and pegged rhizoids. Marchantiales |–CyathodiumKLG05 [CorsiniineaeB05, Cyathodiaceae] | |–C. aureonitensG06 | |–C. cavernarum Kunze in Lehmann 1834SS07 | |–C. denticulatumG06 | |–C. tuberculatumG06 | `–C. tuberosumG06 |–Ricciaceae [Ricciineae]B05 | |–Ricciocarpos natans (Linnaeus) Corda 1829 [=Riccia natans… Continue reading Marchantiales
Marchantiophyta
Belongs within: Embryophyta.Contains: Marchantiopsida, Jungermanniales, Metzgeriales, Fossombroniopsida. The Marchantiophyta (historically known as the Hepaticae) include the liverworts, small, often moss-like plants found in damp habitats. Liverworts are distinguished from other land plants by the presence of oil bodies in the gametophytes of many species, and by the presence in the sporangium of elaters, elongate non-sporogenous… Continue reading Marchantiophyta
Scapaniaceae
Belongs within: Jungermanniales. The Scapaniaceae are a group of liverworts with succubous, bilobed, conduplicate, keeled lateral leaves and lacking underleaves. <==Scapaniaceae |–Blepharidophyllum densifolium (Hooker) Angstr. 1874 (see below for synonymy)E03 |–DiplophyllumFHH01 | |–D. albicansFHH01 | |–D. clandestinumD03 | `–D. nanumG06 `–ScapaniaFHH01 |–S. aequilobaH04 |–S. angustaG06 |–S. antarcticaE03 |–S. asperaM08 |–S. calcicolaM08 |–S. ciliataG06 |–S. ciliatospinosaG06 |–S.… Continue reading Scapaniaceae
Cypripedioideae
Belongs within: Orchidaceae. The Cypripedioideae, slipper orchids, are a group of orchids distinguished by flowers bearing a slipper-shaped labellum, as well as loss of the dorsal median stamen, type III–IV endothecial thickenings, and a smooth pollen tectum (Freudenstein & Rasmussen 1999). The epiphytic species of the genus Paphiopedilum include popular cultivated forms. A slipper of… Continue reading Cypripedioideae
Jungermannia
Belongs within: Jungermanniales. Jungermannia is a cosmopolitan genus of liverworts. Members of the subgenera Plectocolea and Solenostoma have a well-developed perigynium and often exhibit at least some degree of red or purple coloration. Characters (Smith 1991): Dioecious or paroecious. Plants small to large, yellowish-green to brown. Where dioecious male plants smaller than female. Shoots prostrate to erect; branches arising… Continue reading Jungermannia
Epidendreae
Belongs within: Epidendroideae. The Epidendreae are a group of orchids bearing pollinia fused with sticky caudicles. They include the Neotropical genus Cattleya, species of which are popular in cultivation. <==Epidendreae [Epidendrinae, Laeliinae] |–AppendiculaFR99 | |–A. australiensis (Bailey) Clements & Jones 1992 (comb. illeg.)D92 | |–A. hexandraFR99 | |–‘Dendrolirium’ pusillumL60 | `–A. reflexaP03 `–+–AgrostophyllumFR99 | |–A. bicuspidatumP03… Continue reading Epidendreae