are members of the plant division Bryophyta. Members of this division are characterised by being small, rootless, thalloid or leafy, non-vascular plants. It includes liverworts, hornworts and mosses.
The nonvascular plants, characterized by life cycles dominated by the gametophyte phase. This group includes the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, which lack lignified conducting tissues.
One of the main groups of the plant kingdom, comprising mosses and liverworts.
nonflowering plants (mosses and liverworts)
(pl. Bryophyte) A non-vascular, green plants with gametophyte generation dominant and sporophyte generation ephemeral; e.g. mosses, liverworts and hornworts.
small plants, including mosses, mostly terrestrial, and attached to the substrate by rhizoids
Bryophytes (Phylum Bryophta) include the hornworts (Class Anthocerotae), liverworts (Class Hepaticae), and mosses (Class Musci). These low-growing plants do not have true roots, leaves, or stems - they also lack a vascular system (the internal tubes that transport food and water in more advanced plants). Bryophytes probably evolved from green algae; fossils of bryophytes are rare.