Structures associated with sexual reproduction
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LIVERWORTS
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Sphaerocarpales Jungermanniales Metzgeriales Marchantiales
Structures associated with sexual reproduction |
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| antheridia and archegonia of Porella (prepared slides) | click to enlarge |
| Sporophyte development in Marchantia (prepared slide) | click to enlarge |
| Sporophytes and associated structures |
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Many, but not all, liverworts have oil bodies. While the function of oil bodies is not clearly known, they can be very useful characters when identifying species and genera. The table below shows oil bodies in the leaf cells of several different species.
Hepatophyta - oil bodies |
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| Calypogeia peruviana | Leucolejeunea clypeata | Lejeunea sharpii |
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