Gemmae and gemma cup of Meantoinea alophosioides gen et sp

Picture of a gemmae cup Some plants such as liverworts produce gemmae which are exact copies of the parent plant that produced them These gemmae are held

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha This species bears cup-shaped structures called gemma cups , each of which contains several discoid gemmae

gemmae cups The basal land plant Marchantia polymorpha efficiently propagates in favourable environments through clonal progeny called gemmae

gemma cups Effect of light intensity and sucrose on the production of gemma cups and gemmae in Marchantia nepalensis Growth and gemma-cup