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Study spore-producing liverworts and their anatomic features such as gametes, thalli, and rhizoids

liverwort archegonia

Conocephalum conicum, sometimes known as great scented liverwort; asexual plants (sporophytes) rise on long stalks from the leaflike thallus of the sexual plants (gametophytes)

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Study spore-producing liverworts and their anatomic features such as gametes, thalli, and rhizoids

Study spore-producing liverworts and their anatomic features such as gametes, thalli, and rhizoids

Characteristic features of liverworts.

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Learn about the history and reproduction of these strange-looking plants

Learn about the history and reproduction of these strange-looking plants

Learn about the liverwort, a type of small nonvascular spore-producing plant.

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gametophyte

gametophyte

A liverwort gametophyte.

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liverwort archegonia

liverwort archegonia

Egg-producing archegonia of a common liverwort plant (Marchantia polymorpha).

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thalloid

thalloid

Thalloid of the liverwort Marchantia with gemma cups.

© Dr. Morley Read/Shutterstock.com

Conocephalum conicum, sometimes known as great scented liverwort; asexual plants (sporophytes) rise on long stalks from the leaflike thallus of the sexual plants (gametophytes)

Conocephalum conicum, sometimes known as great scented liverwort; asexual...

A to Z Botanical Collection/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

archegonium

archegonium

The female reproductive organ, or archegonium, emerging from a thalloid liverwort.

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Marchantia

Marchantia

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.

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