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Bryology vs Hepaticology - What's the difference?

bryology | hepaticology | Hypernyms |

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

English

Noun

(-)
  • (botany) The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses and liverworts).
  • hepaticology

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
  • *
  • 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.

    Hypernyms

    * bryology