Splash cups - Reproduction & dispersal

website gemmae cups The saucer is a gemma cup and the lentil-shaped objects are gemmae Gemmae allow the plant to reproduce asexually Each gemma is capable of growing into a new gemmae cups In liverworts such as Marchantia, the flattened plant body or thallus is a haploid gametophyte with gemma cups scattered about its upper surface

gemmae cups A small receptacle or cup on upper surface of bryophytes in which gemmae are produced from which they are splashed out of and dispersed by rain drops   Gemmae are green, multicellular asexual buds It produced by some liverworts like Marchantia Mosses reproduce vegetatively by fragmentation and budding of  BryophytesLiverWortsGEMMAE CUPSAsexual Mode of Reproduction Marchantia

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