Monday 14 December 2015

LIVERWORT

*the liverwort grow in moist habitat such as marshy ground,bar of trees etc
*the plant body of liverwort is thalloid.
*asexual reproduction by fragmentation of thalli or by formation of specialised structure called gemmae.
gemmae are green,multicellular, asexual bud which develop in small receptacles called gemma cups located on thalli.
*the gemmae become detached from parent body and germinate to new individual.
*in sexual reproduction male and female organ are produced on same or different thalli.
*the sporophyte are differentiated into foot, septa and capsule.
*after meiosis spore are produced within capsule.these spore germinate to form free living gametophyte.
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e.g.- Marchantia

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