liverworts
Marchantiophyta
Liverworts are non-vascular land plants in the division Marchantiophyta ( ), also known as hepatics. Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts are collectively known as bryophytes. Like mosses and hornworts, liverworts have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle in which the sporophyte is dependent on the gametophyte.
Liverworts occur as either thallose or leafy forms. They are distinguished from mosses by features including their single-celled rhizoids, the absence of a costa (midrib) in the leaves, and the presence of unique membrane-bound complex oil bodies.
3 branches of this phylum, most-observed first
leafy and simple thalloid liverworts
classJungermanniopsida
complex thalloid liverworts
classMarchantiopsida
Haplomitriopsida
classHaplomitriopsida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 64615.