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Marchantia
Marchantia is a genus of liverworts in the family Marchantiaceae and the order Marchantiales. The genus was named by French botanist Jean Marchant after his father. The widespread species Marchantia polymorpha has had its genome sequenced and is an incipient model organism.
The thallus of Marchantia shows differentiation into two layers: an upper photosynthetic layer with a well-defined upper epidermis with pores and a lower storage layer. The thallus features tiny cup-like structures called gemma cups, containing gemmae, small packets of tissue that are used for asexual reproduction. The combination of barrel-shaped pores and the circular shape of the gemma cups are diagnostic of the genus.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Liverwort
speciesMarchantia polymorpha
Preissia
subgenusPreissia
Bonfire Liverwort
speciesMarchantia berteroana
Marchantia emarginata
speciesMarchantia emarginata
Marchantia paleacea
speciesMarchantia paleacea
Marchantia pinnata
speciesMarchantia pinnata
Marchantia inflexa
speciesMarchantia inflexa
Marchantia foliacea
speciesMarchantia foliacea
Marchantia plicata
speciesMarchantia plicata
Marchantia chenopoda
speciesMarchantia chenopoda
Marchantia globosa
speciesMarchantia globosa
Marchantia macropora
speciesMarchantia macropora
Marchantia marginata
speciesMarchantia marginata
Marchantia pileata
speciesMarchantia pileata
Marchantia pappeana
speciesMarchantia pappeana
Marchantia geminata
speciesMarchantia geminata
Marchantia debilis
speciesMarchantia debilis
Marchantia treubii
speciesMarchantia treubii
Marchantia papillata
speciesMarchantia papillata
Marchantia formosana
speciesMarchantia formosana
Marchantia crenata
speciesMarchantia crenata
Marchantia breviloba
speciesMarchantia breviloba
Marchantia linearis
speciesMarchantia linearis
Marchantia integriscyphaela
speciesMarchantia integriscyphaela
Marchantia hirsuta
speciesMarchantia hirsuta
Marchantia pallida
speciesMarchantia pallida
Marchantia miqueliana
speciesMarchantia miqueliana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56394.