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Difference between Liverworts and Mosses.

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Liverworts :

  • Thallus dorsoventrally flattened (Liver shaped), leafy members with leaf like appendages. 
  • Asexual reproduction by fragmentation , gemmae formation. 
  • Sexual reproduction - antheridia and archegonia produced. 
  • Antherozoids fuse with egg to form zygote which give rise to Sporophyte. 
  • Sporophyte - with foot, seta & capsule. 
  • Spores give rise to new plant (gametophyte). eg. Riccia, Marchantia etc.

Mosses :

Thallus : Two stages (gametophyte) – 

(a) Thread like Protonema

(b) erect Leafy stage. 

  • Reproduction : Vegetative by Fragmentation of protonema & Sexual by antherozoids &egg. 
  • Zygote forms Sporophyte with foot, seta &capsule. 
  • Sporophyte forms spores which germinate to form protonema. 

eg. Funaria, Polytrichum etc. 

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