Moss Domain Kingdom Phylum

Oʊ f aɪ t ə or the bryophytes ˈ b r aɪ ə f aɪ t s are small non vascular flowerless plants that typically form dense green clumps or mats often in damp or shady locations.

Moss domain kingdom phylum. Fern antheridium 40 x. It is under the class bryopsida because it produces capsules that contain spores. Moss antheridium male 4x.

Division bryophyta mosses. The individual plants are usually composed of simple leaves that are generally only one cell thick attached to a stem. Above it each rank is classified within more general.

Moss archegonia female 4x. A kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank. Kingdom plantae plants.

The name of the phylum comes from the greek words bryon which means moss and phyton which means plants. There are about 24 000 species of bryophytes. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories that is more specific descriptions of life forms.

Up to the kingdom. Mosses can be distinguished from liverworts phylum marchantiophyta and hornworts phylum anthocerotophyta by a number of gametophytic and sporophytic features. Lycopodium club moss phylum pteridophyta.

Fern antheridium male 4x. It is under the division bryophyte because it is a leafy type of moss. Mosses the taxonomic division bryophyta b r aɪ ˈ ɒ f ɪ t ə ˈ b r aɪ.