Gemmae are present in Mosses Pteridophytes Some

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In liverworts such as Marchantia, the flattened plant body or thallus is a haploid gametophyte with gemma cups scattered about its upper surface

Most taxa of the genus Marchantia L produce multicellular gemmae within gemma cups They are discoid bodies with two notches When water droplets fall into gemma cups, the gemmae deposited inside the cup are splashed out by a mechanism referred to as 'splash-cup'

hamsa nandini age Purchase a metal print of the photograph Gemmae Cups, Liverwort, Marchantia by Ed Reschke All metal prints are professionally printed, packaged, Gemmae are multicellular green structures for vegetative propagation These are found inside gemma cups in Marchantia thallus; Funaria protonema; Riccia