What is the classification of a liverwort?
Marchantiophyta
Liverworts/Scientific names
Liverworts (phylum Marchantiophyta) The 2000 classification divides the liverworts into two classes: Marchantiopsida and Jungermanniopsida. All the complex thallose liverworts are in the former and all the leafy liverworts in the latter.
What kingdom does liverworts belong to?
Plant
Liverworts/Kingdom
How are mosses and liverworts classified?
Mosses and liverworts are traditionally classified together in the Division Bryophyta on the basis of their sharing: a similar life cycle (alternation of generations) similar reproductive organs (antheridia and archegonia) lack of vascular tissue (xylem and phloem)
What species is liverwort?
division Marchantiophyta
liverwort, (division Marchantiophyta), any of more than 9,000 species of small nonvascular spore-producing plants. Liverworts are distributed worldwide, though most commonly in the tropics.
How do you identify liverworts?
Although leafy liverworts look very much like mosses, they can be distinguished from mosses by their leaf arrangement. Leafy liverworts always have two lateral rows of leaves, and sometimes a row of leaves on the ventral side (bottom) of the stem, which are called underleaves.
What are the characteristics of liverworts?
Liverworts are small, green, terrestrial plants. They do not have true roots, stems, or leaves. Instead, they have an above ground leaf-like structure, known as a thallus, and an underground structure, known as a rhizoid.
Which kingdom do mosses and liverworts belong?
Bryophytes
Bryophytes are plants. Hence, at the highest level bryophytes belong to the Plant Kingdom. Bryophytes are distinguished from other plants by being classified in their own divisions or phyla. For example, the liverworts constitute the division or phylum given the name Marchantiophyta.
What is an example of liverwort?
Complex thalloids
JungermannialesJungermanniopsidaHaplomitriopsida
Liverworts/Lower classifications
What is the most common liverwort?
Marchantia polymorpha, sometimes known as the common liverwort or umbrella liverwort, is a large liverwort with a wide distribution around the world.
What makes liverwort unique?
In addition to their lack of roots, liverworts do not have seeds or fruit, so they use spores to reproduce. They also have no stomata, though they still perform photosynthesis. Leafy liverworts have thinner leaves, allowing quicker water absorption as well as more water loss.
What structures do liverworts have?
Among the apomorphies of liverworts are (1) distinctive oil bodies and (2) specialized structures called elaters, elongate, nonsporogenous cells with spiral wall thickenings, found inside the sporangium. Elaters are hygroscopic, meaning that they change shape and move in response to changes in moisture content.