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What are examples of thallose liverworts and leafy liverworts? |
| Answer» Liverworts\tThe liverworts grow usually in moist, shady habitats.\tThe plant body of a liverwort is thalloid, the thallus is dorsiventral and closely appressed to the substrate.\tAsexual reproduction in liverworts takes place by fragmentation of thalli, or by the formation of specialized structures called\tGemmae are green, multicellular, asexual buds, which develop in small receptacles called\xa0gemma cups\xa0located on the thalli.\tThe sporophyte is differentiated into a foot, seta, and capsule.\tAfter meiosis, spores are produced within the capsule, the spores germinate to form free-living gametophytes. | |