Definition
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.
Etymology
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.
Kelly Says
Bryophytes are the rebels of the plant kingdom - while other plants evolved to get bigger and taller, bryophytes perfected the art of staying small and simple! They're like living fossils that show us what the first land plants might have looked like, and they're so good at their lifestyle that they've barely changed for over 400 million years.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
ARالعربية
قشريات
qashriyat
BNবাংলা
ব্রায়োফাইট
brai-o-fai-t
CACatalà
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
DEDeutsch
Bryophyt
brɪoˈfɪt
ELΕλληνικά
σπαγNUM
spa-gnum
ESEspañol
briófitos
bree-oh-fee-tohss
FAفارسی
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
FRFrançais
bryophyte
bʁi.o.fit
GUGU
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
HAHA
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
HEעברית
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
HIहिन्दी
ब्रायोफाइट
brai-o-fai-t
IDBahasa Indonesia
briofita
bri-o-fi-ta
IGIG
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
ITItaliano
briofite
bree-o-fee-teh
KKKK
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
KMKM
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
MRMR
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
MSBahasa Melayu
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
MYမြန်မာ
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
PAPA
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
PLPolski
bryofity
brjo-fi-ti
PTPortuguês
briófitos
bree-oh-fee-tohs
RUРусский
bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
SWKiswahili
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
TEతెలుగు
బ్రైయోఫైట్లు
brai-o-fai-tlu
TLTL
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
TRTürkçe
bryofit
bri-o-fit
UKУкраїнська
бриофіти
bri-o-fi-ti
URاردو
bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
YOYO
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t
ZH中文
苔藓植物
tài xiàn zhí wù
ZUZU
Bryophyte
bri-o-fi-t