Subclade of green plants, also known as land plants
TheSetaphyta are a clade within theBryophyta which includesMarchantiophytina (liverworts) andBryophytina (mosses).Anthocerotophytina (hornworts) are excluded.[1][2] A 2018 study found through molecular sequencing that liverworts are more closely related to mosses than hornworts, with the implication that liverworts were not among the first species to colonize land.[3]
There is strong phylogenetic evidence for Setaphyta.[1][4][5]
| 'Monophyletic bryophytes' model | 'Liverworts plus mosses–basal' model |
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| Two of the most likely models for bryophyte evolution.[5] |
