Marchantia

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Marchantia
Marchantia polymorpha
Marchantia polymorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Marchantiales
Family: Marchantiaceae
Genus: Marchantia
L., 1753
Species

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Marchantia is a genus in the family Marchantiaceae of the order Marchantiales, a group of liverworts.

These are simple plants without roots or vascular systems. They were once considered related to mosses and part of division Bryophyta, but more recently have been assigned their own plant division, Marchantiophyta.

[edit] Species names of Marchantia

  • Marchantia berteroana,
  • Marchantia chenopoda
  • Marchantia domingenis,
  • Marchantia foliacia,
  • Marchantia inflexa,
  • Marchantia macropora,
  • Marchantia paleacea,
  • Marchantia polymorpha (also as M. aquatica),

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