| However, this definition of Bryophyta was paraphyletic, as the mosses appear to be more closely related to vascular plants than to liverworts. |
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| However, since this grouping makes the Bryophyta paraphyletic, the liverworts are now usually given their own division. |
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| Mosses are now classified on their own as the division Bryophyta. |
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| The current circumscription of Bryophyta includes only the mosses. |
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