liverwort

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Pronunciation

IPA /ˈlɪv.ə.wɜːt/

Noun

liverwort noun

A type of bryophyte (includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.

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Synonyms

Clevea hepatic foliose hepatics thalloid hornwort prothallium bryophyte gametangiophore marchantiophyte sporogonium sporophyte lycophyte bryology perianth phyllid sporophore

Associated

radula endemic incomplete spores genus moss subtropical habitat lowland moist temperate fern

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