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Also Known As Bryophyta • Bryopsida

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Examine metagenesis and the roles of antheridia, archegonia, and the sporangium in the moss Mnium hornum
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Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude Knight
Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton
American botanist
Douglas Campbell
Douglas Houghton Campbell
American botanist
Johann Hedwig, detail from an engraving, 1793
Johann Hedwig
Transylvanian botanist
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Potawatomi writer and scientist
Dillenius, detail from an engraving by James Heath after an original portrait by an unknown artist
Johann Jakob Dillenius
German botanist

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