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Mosses and Liverworts in Wales: Capsules
... Liverworts in Wales: Capsules Capsules The spore-containing capsule and its stalk or seta together make up the sporophyte generation of a moss or liverwort. The sporophyte arises from sexual reproduction ... liverworts, the seta only elongates when the capsule is ripe, and the rate of elongation is relatively rapid (the photograph shows a ripe liverwort capsule with a seta in the process of elongation ...
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Spore dispersal in Bryophytes
... liverwort. Capsule Structure The liverwort and moss capsules are very different. In essence, the liverwort capsules is simpler, containing spores and a second cell type called elaters. The moss capsule ...
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Mosses and Liverworts in Wales: Basic Facts
... between a moss and a liverwort? There are certain clear-cut differences between mosses and liverworts. For example: Capsule opening mechanisms: In most liverworts, when a spore capsule is ripe, it merely bursts ... species which might cause dificulties for the beginner,however. How many species of moss and liverwort are there? Worldwide the number of species of mosses and liverworts has been estimated ...
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Bryophytes
... capsule xs x40. The sporophyte stalk is on the left. The capsule containing spores is on the right. Moss capsule ls x40. Moss capsule end x40. Liverwort gametophyte with sporophytes x40. Liverwort sporophyte with spores x100. The entire sporophyte is about the size of a small pea. Liverwort gemmae ...
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Mosses and liverworts, simple plants?
... from the center of the sporangium, spreading the spores. Marchantia polymorpha, a more complicated liverwort, is common in flowerpots in green houses, on moist bricks in gardens and on ... dioecious liverwort is known immediately by the male and female "umbrellas". These umbrellas carry the male and female receptacles. The numerous sporogonia develop on the underside of the umbrellas; each capsule ...
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Cardiospermum halicacabum - Ballon Vine - Sapindaceae
... from which the plant gets its common name is a brown, thin-shelled, inflated angled capsule up to 1 1/8 inch (3 cm) in diameter containing 3 black seeds each ... Cestrum Red-Veined Prayer Plant Rock Purslane Rose Begonia Running Pop Sago Palm Saguaro Scented Liverwort Sensitive Plant Shell Ginger Shoo-Fly Plant Silver Vase Bromeliad Sinicuichi Sky Plant Slender Lady ...
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Botany L-Z
... Family (Asteraceae). See diagrams and photos of Flower Shapes. Liliaceae ~ Lily Family Lily Family ~ Liliaceae Liverwort ~ a weed (or wildflower or herb). For a description and photo of the seedling, see ... petals. See diagrams and photos of Flower Shapes. V Valvate Capsule ~ a dry dehiscent fruit in which the tips of the seed capsule split. See Fruits Variety ~ a minor division in the ...
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