Marchantia polymorpha, commonly known as the common liverwort or umbrella liverwort, is a species of large thalloid liverwort found worldwide, highly variable in appearance and encompassing several subspecies. It is dioicous, meaning separate plants bear male and female reproductive structures rather than both together.
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Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceThallose liverwort forming a rosette of flattened thalli with forked branches 1 Scientific Name Sources
1. Wikipedia: Marchantia polymorpha
Lead paragraph
Marchantia polymorpha is a species of large thalloid liverwort in the class Marchantiopsida.
Morphology
It is a thallose liverwort which forms a rosette of flattened thalli with forked branches.
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