Setaphyta

The Setaphyta are a clade within the division Bryophyta sensu lato which includes Marchantiophytina (liverworts) and Bryophytina (mosses). Excluded are the Anthocerotophytina (hornworts). 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.

==Phylogeny== There is strong phylogenetic evidence for Setaphyta. {| cellpadding=5 style="border:1px solid #BBB" cellpadding=10; ! 'Monophyletic bryophytes' model ! 'Liverworts plus mossesbasal' model |- | | |- | colspan="2"|Two of the most likely models for bryophyte evolution. |}