[lĭv́ər-wûrt́, -wôrt́]
(n.)Any of numerous small, green, nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticae within the division Bryophyta.
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Liverwort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liverwort may refer to either • Marchantiophyta, a division of non-vascular plants. • Hepatica , a genus of spring flowers.
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Marchantiophyta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Marchantiophyta [mɑː(r)ˌkæntiˈɑːfɪtə] are a division of bryophyte plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts . Like other bryopeos, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in...
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Descriptions of the anatomical structures of liverworts. ... The name "liverwort" derives from the Anglo-Saxon word "lifer, meaning liver and "wyrt", the Anglo-Saxon word for plant. During the 16th century, it was commonly applied to the genus Marchantia, a flat, branching, ribbon-shaped plant the margins of which were...
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An introduction to backyard liverworts ... The picture at the right shows a liverwort found in the dim light and on the moist soil of the north side of a well near my home. Each liverwort body in the picture is about as thick as a thin pencil.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on liverwort (plant), (class Hepatopsidae), any of more than 8,000 species of small, nonvascular, spore-producing land plants constituting part of the division Bryophyta. ... Sexual (gametophyte) and asexual (sporophyte) generations characterize a liverwort life cycle.
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Their life cycle and evolution. ... One group is illustrated by the figure, which shows the organization of the genome in Marchantia polymorpha, a liverwort. Between the two arrowheads is a stretch of some 30,000 base pairs.
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Postemergence Liverwort Control in Greenhouse and Nursery Crops ... This report describes research on postemergence control of liverwort. For more information on preemergence liverwort control, see another page on this site that addresses that issue (click here).
oregonstate.edu/dept/nursery-weeds/research/mogeton/mai... oregonstate.edu/dept/nursery-weeds/research/mogeton/main_page.htm
Flower: Liverworts do not have flowers (and thus do not produce seed), instead they archegoniophores and antheridiophores (female and male sex organs). Liverwort are unisexual, with male and female sex organs forming on different plants.
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