Hepatophyta 

General features of the land plants

Common name

Liverworts

Synonyms

Marchantiophyta

Growth habit

Multicellular: thallus, or stems and leaves

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

Two whiplash

Conductive cells

None

Clonal reproduction

Gemmae (multicellular propagules)

Sexual reproduction

Homosporous

Representative genera

Marchantia, Porella

Recognized by

Sporophytes with short setae, short capsules, and elaters; leaves (if present) without midribs

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