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Marchantia polymorpha
species of liverwort
Marchantia
Marchantia is a genus of liverworts in the family Marchantiaceae and the order Marchantiales. The genus was named by French botanist Jean Marchant after his father. The widespread species Marchantia polymorpha has had its genome sequenced and is an incipient model organism.
Marchantiales
Marchantiales is an order of thallose liverworts (also known as "complex thalloid liverworts") that includes species like Marchantia polymorpha, a widespread plant often found beside rivers, and Lunularia cruciata, a common and often troublesome weed in moist, temperate gardens and greenhouses.
Marchantiaceae
Marchantiaceae is a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales. It contains a single genus Marchantia.
Conocephalum
Conocephalum is a genus of complex thalloid liverworts in the order Marchantiales and is the only extant genus in the family Conocephalaceae. Some species of Conocephalum are assigned to the Conocephalum conicum complex, which includes several cryptic species. Conocephalum species are large liverworts with distinct patterns on the upper thallus, giving the appearance of snakeskin. The species Conocephalum conicum is named for its cone-shaped reproductive structures, called archegoniophores. Common names include snakeskin liverwort, great scented liverwort and cat-tongue liverwort.
Conocephalum conicum
species of plant
Cleveaceae
Cleveaceae is a family of liverworts belonging to the order Marchantiales.
Corsiniaceae
Corsiniaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Marchantiales. Being bryophytic, they are non-vascular. The function of absorption and anchorage is performed by filamentous structures rhizoids.
Monoclea
Monoclea is a genus of liverwort that contains two species. It is the only genus in the family Monocleaceae. Species of this genus can be found in New Zealand, South and Central America as well as in the Caribbean.
Exormothecaceae
Exormothecaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Marchantiales.
Marchantia quadrata
species of plant
Oxymitra
Oxymitra is the only genus in the liverwort family Oxymitraceae, in the order Marchantiales. The genus includes two or three species.
Targionia
genus of plants
Conocephalum salebrosum
species of plant
Marchantia berteroana
species of plant
Sauteria
Sauteria is a genus of liverwort in the family Cleveaceae. It contains the following species:
Exormotheca
Exormotheca is a group of liverworts in the family Exormothecaceae. It was described as a genus in 1870.
Clevea
Clevea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Cleveaceae.
Wiesnerella
Wiesnerella is the only genus in the liverwort family Wiesnerellaceae, in the order Marchantiales. It contains one species: Wiesnerella denudata.
Stephensoniella brevipedunculata
species of plant
Sauteria spongiosa
species of plant
Monosolenium
Monosolenium tenerum, is a weedy species of liverwort found in east Asia. It is the only species in the genus Monosolenium and the family Monosoleniaceae. It is commonly confused with similar-looking plants in the aquarium trade like Pellia liverworts and Süsswassertang, a fern gametophyte.
Monoclea gottschei
species of plant
Monoclea forsteri
species of plant
Marchantia paleacea
species of plant