FAMILY MARCHANTIACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli

Synonyms:

family Marchantiaceae; Marchantiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Marchantiaceae" is a kind of...):

moss family (a family of mosses)

Meronyms (members of "family Marchantiaceae"):

genus Marchantia; Marchantia (type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores)

Holonyms ("family Marchantiaceae" is a member of...):

Marchantiales; order Marchantiales (liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally)