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The Marchantiophyta (/ mɑːrˌkæntiˈɒfətə, - oʊˈfaɪtə / ⓘ) are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte -dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information. It is estimated that there are ...
In most liverworts, the elaters are unattached, but in some leafy species (such as Frullania) a few elaters will remain attached to the inside of the sporangium (spore capsule). Spores and two elaters of the liverwort Ptilidium.
Hepatica (hepatica, [2] liverleaf, [3] or liverwort) [4] is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America. Some botanists include Hepatica within a wider interpretation of Anemone .
Marchantia polymorpha is a species of large thalloid liverwort in the class Marchantiopsida. [ 1 ]M. polymorpha is highly variable in appearance and contains several subspecies. [ 2 ] This species is dioicous, having separate male and female plants. [ 2 ]M. polymorpha has a wide distribution and is found worldwide. [ 3 ]
Frullanoides. Frullanoides is a genus of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae, mostly found in the New World Tropics, with Frullanoides tristis having a distribution that extends into the Old World Tropics. [2]
Frullania truncatistyla is a particularly small species of liverwort, growing up to a width of 500 μm (0.020 in). [ 2] The species forms patches of varying colours, from olive-green, copper-brown to black. [ 2] The species is morphologically similar to Frullania knightbridgei and Frullania rostrata. [ 3]
Frullania polysticta is a species of liverwort in the family Frullaniaceae. It is found only in Madeira and the Canary Islands.
Frullania hodgsoniae is a species of liverwort in the order Porellales, native to New Zealand. The species was first described by Matt Von Konrat, Jörn Hentschel, Jochen Heinrichs, John E. Braggins and Tamás Pócs in 2010.