Phylum Hepaticophyta - Liverworts

Question 0

Homosporous or heterosporous?

Answer 0

HOMOSPOROUS

Question 1

2 types of gametophyte in liverworts

Answer 1

1. Thalloid

2. Leafy

Question 2

Marchantia

Answer 2

• Dioecious

- Has gemma cup

Question 3

Archegonial disk

Answer 3

Archegoniospores

Question 4

Parts of sporophyte

Answer 4

1. Foot
2. Seta
3. Capsule / sporangium

Question 5

Elaters

Answer 5

Means of liberating the spore from the sporangium

Question 6

Sporophyte of liverwort

Answer 6

1. Thallous liverwort
   > not leafy but flat
   > without stems roots and leaves
   > stratified and thicker
2. Liverwort leaves
   > no midrib
   > no conducting tissues
3. Capsule is covered in calyptra
4. Lacks columella (found in mosses)
5. Has plasmodesmata

Question 7

Example of leafy liverwort

Answer 7

Bazannia