Bryology vs Hepaticology - What's the difference?
bryology | hepaticology | Hypernyms |
(botany) The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses and liverworts).
The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
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Bryology is a hypernym of hepaticology.
As nouns the difference between bryology and hepaticology
is that bryology is (botany) the study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses and liverworts) while hepaticology is the scientific study of liverworts (marchantiophyta).bryology
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(-)hepaticology
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(-)- Hepaticology , outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.