A member of the group of non-vascular land plants including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. These plants lack true roots, stems, and leaves with vascular tissue, and their gametophyte generation is dominant in the life cycle.
From Greek 'bryon' meaning 'moss' and 'phyton' meaning 'plant'. The term was coined in the 19th century to group together the simplest land plants that share similar characteristics, particularly their lack of vascular tissue and their dominant gametophyte phase.
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