Gemmae Cups, Liverwort, Marchantia Wood Print by Ed Reschke

gemmae - cups crescent - shaped 8 Peduncle 2 - grooved ; gemmae - cups round when present 9 Air - chambers and pores usually absent ; no gemmae

Other articles where gemma cup is discussed: liverwort: …in special organs known as gemma cups and are dispersed by rainfall Fragmentation of the thallus

gemmae cups The gemma cups are cup-like structures containing gemmae, which are small discs of haploid tissue Gemmae directly give rise to gametophytes and are dispersed

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