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Liverwort characters

Reproductive structures

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The character categories and their possible forms are:

Thalloid plant body

Plant growth habit

Arrangement of the leaves

Details of the leaves

Reproductive structures

Gemmae on leaf tips

I don't have an example of a leafy liverwort with gemmae borne on the leaf tips, nor do I know if any species bear their gemmae in such a position.

Gemmae on erect shoots

Calypogeia arguta (Cephaloziaceae)

pale balls of gemmae at the top of the erect shoots are clearly visible in this specimen of Calypogeia arguta.

Superficially, at least, the leafy liverwort Calypogeia arguta pictured here, and the moss Aulacomnium androgynum, Aulacomnium androgynum

appear to share very similar positions for the gemmae.

Reproductive structures character table View these data from a taxonomic viewpoint with notes on substrate and habitat

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The liverwort line

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