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The Hepaticophyta or Hepatophyta are more commonly known as the liverworts. These plants can be leafy (resembling mosses) or thallose (as with the hornworts). There are estimated to be between 6000 and 8000 species of liverworts.

Jungermanniales

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The order of the liverworts containing the families Acrobolbaceae, Adelanthaceae, Antheliaceae, Arnelliaceae, Balantiopsidaceae, Blepharidophyllaceae, Blepharostomataceae, Calypogeiaceae, Cephaloziaceae, Cephaloziellaceae, Chaetophyllopsidaceae, Chonecoleaceae, Delavayellaceae, Geocalycaceae, Goebeliellaceae, Gynmomitriaceae, Gyrothyraceae, Herbertaceae, Jackiellaceae, Jubulaceae, Jubulopsidaceae, Jungermanniaceae, Lejeuneaceae, Lepidolaenaceae, Lepidoziaceae, Mastigophoraceae, Perssoniellaceae, Plagiochilaceae, Pleuroziaceae, Phycolepidoziaceae, Porellaceae, Ptilidiaceae, Radulaceae, Scapaniaceae, Schistochilaceae, Trichotemnomaceae, Trichocoleaceae, Vetaformaceae.

Marchantiales

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The order of the liverworts containing the families Aitchisoniellaceae, Aytoniaceae, Cleveaceae, Conocephalaceae, Corsiniaceae, Exormothecaceae, Lunulariaceae, Marchantiaceae, Monocarpaceae, Monoseleniaceae, Oxymitriaceae, Ricciaceae, Targioniaceae, Wiesnerellaceae.

Metzgeriales

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The order of the Hepatophyta containing the families Allisonaceae, Aneuraceae, Brasiaceae, Fossombroniaceae, Hymenophytaceae, Makinoaceae, Metzgeriaceae, Pallaviciniaceae, Pelliaceae, Phyllothalliaceae, Treubiitaceae.

Sphaerocarpales

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The order of the liverworts containing the families Riellaceae, Sphaerocarpaceae.

Takakiales

Liverworts included in the order Takakiales.

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