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Of the plants we listed in class, all of the following are mosses EXCEPT for:
A
Liverwort
B
Hornwort
C
Club moss
D
Luminous moss
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -club moss, (family Lycopodiaceae), also called ground pine, any of some 400 species of seedless vascular plants constituting the only family of the lycophyte order Lycopodiales.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : Riccia is a liverwort (Hepaticae), which grows predominantly in wet terrestrial habitats and are free floating or submerged aquatic. Step by step video & image solution for Which of the following is not a moss? by Biology experts to help you in doubts & scoring excellent marks in Class 11 exams.

Detailed explanation-3: -They are not true mosses, which are non-vascular. Clubmosses are larger and taller. Clubmoss reproduction occurs through the dispersal of spores, found in sporangia, located singly or in groups, or in a yellow cone-like tip known as a strobilus. It can take up to 20 years for a clubmoss to mature and produce spores.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some examples of mosses are Marchantia, Riccia, Sphagnum, Funaria, Polytrichum, etc.

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