Bryophytes comprise the mosses (Class Musci), as well as liverworts (Class Hepaticae) and hornworts (Class Anthocerotae). They are believed to have been the first true plants, evolving from charophytes almost 500 million years ago. Unlike other plants, bryophytes do not have true organs, such as leaves, stems, or roots. In place of roots, most bryo... Found on http://www.fossilmall.com/Science/Glossary.htm
Bryophyta (Bryophytes) is the lowest group of the Cormophytes or higher plants, comprising the two classes of Liverworts (Hepaticae) and Mosses (Musci). They have a well-marked alternation of generations. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BBA.HTM
[n] - a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Bryophyta
division Bryophytanoun a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing ... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974