Setaphyta

Setaphyta
	A mosaic of liverworts and mosses
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Setaphyta
Divisions
	Marchantiophytina – liverworts; Bryophytina – mosses;

The Setaphyta are a clade within the division Bryophyta sensu lato which includes Marchantiophytina (liverworts) and Bryophytina (mosses). Excluded are the Anthocerotophytina (hornworts).¹² A 2018 study found through molecular sequencing that liverworts are more closely related to mosses than hornworts, with the implication that liverworts were not among the first species to colonize land.³

Phylogeny

There is strong phylogenetic evidence for Setaphyta.¹⁴⁵

'Monophyletic bryophytes' model

'Liverworts plus mosses–basal' model

setaphytes

	mosses

	liverworts

embryophytes

	vascular plants

	hornworts

setaphytes

	mosses

	liverworts

Two of the most likely models for bryophyte evolution.⁵

References

Puttick, Mark N.; et al. (March 2018). "The Interrelationships of Land Plants and the Nature of the Ancestral Embryophyte". Current Biology. 28 (5): 733–745.e2. Bibcode:2018CBio...28E.733P. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.063. hdl:1983/ad32d4da-6cb3-4ed6-add2-2415f81b46da. PMID 29456145. S2CID 3269165.
Sousa, Filipe; Civáň, Peter; Brazão, João; Foster, Peter G.; Cox, Cymon J. (28 April 2020). "The mitochondrial phylogeny of land plants shows support for Setaphyta under composition-heterogeneous substitution models". PeerJ. 8 e8995. doi:10.7717/peerj.8995. PMC 7194085. PMID 32377448.
Nannan, Zhang (2 March 2018). "Setaphyta：A New Family Tree Given to Plants----Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.cas.cn. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
Sousa, Filipe; et al. (2020). "The mitochondrial phylogeny of land plants shows support for Setaphyta under composition-heterogeneous substitution models". PeerJ. 8 (4) e8995. doi:10.7717/peerj.8995. PMC 7194085. PMID 32377448.
Cox, Cymon J. (2018). "Land Plant Molecular Phylogenetics: A Review with Comments on Evaluating Incongruence Among Phylogenies". Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 37 (2–3): 113–127. Bibcode:2018CRvPS..37..113C. doi:10.1080/07352689.2018.1482443. hdl:10400.1/14557. S2CID 92198979.

[Puttick2018-1] Puttick, Mark N.; et al. (March 2018). "The Interrelationships of Land Plants and the Nature of the Ancestral Embryophyte". Current Biology. 28 (5): 733–745.e2. Bibcode:2018CBio...28E.733P. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.063. hdl:1983/ad32d4da-6cb3-4ed6-add2-2415f81b46da. PMID 29456145. S2CID 3269165.

[2] Sousa, Filipe; Civáň, Peter; Brazão, João; Foster, Peter G.; Cox, Cymon J. (28 April 2020). "The mitochondrial phylogeny of land plants shows support for Setaphyta under composition-heterogeneous substitution models". PeerJ. 8 e8995. doi:10.7717/peerj.8995. PMC 7194085. PMID 32377448.

[3] Nannan, Zhang (2 March 2018). "Setaphyta：A New Family Tree Given to Plants----Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.cas.cn. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[Sousa2020b-4] Sousa, Filipe; et al. (2020). "The mitochondrial phylogeny of land plants shows support for Setaphyta under composition-heterogeneous substitution models". PeerJ. 8 (4) e8995. doi:10.7717/peerj.8995. PMC 7194085. PMID 32377448.

[Cox2018-5] Cox, Cymon J. (2018). "Land Plant Molecular Phylogenetics: A Review with Comments on Evaluating Incongruence Among Phylogenies". Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 37 (2–3): 113–127. Bibcode:2018CRvPS..37..113C. doi:10.1080/07352689.2018.1482443. hdl:10400.1/14557. S2CID 92198979.

1

2

3

4

5