Liverwort Diversity A) ______________________

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1 Liverwort Diversity A) ______________________
C) ______________________ B) _____________________

2 LEAFY LIVERWORTS (Jungermanniales) > 280 Genera > 7,000 Species

3 Leafy Liverworts Lateral Leaves (Succubous) 6

4 Leafy Liverworts Lateral Leaves (Incubous)

5 Leafy Liverworts 3 Complicately Bilobed Lateral Leaves 2

6 Leafy Liverworts Underleaves

7 Leafy Liverworts Bazzania Leaf Complexity

8 Leafy Liverworts Cephalozia Leaf Complexity

9 Leafy Liverworts Trichocolea Leaf Complexity

10 Leafy Liverworts Porella 9 Leaf Complexity 8

11 Leafy Liverworts Frullania Leaf Complexity

12 Leafy Liverworts Life Stage: 17

13 Leafy Liverworts 18 Female Gametangia, Perichaetial Leaves

14 Leafy Liverworts 19 Male Gametangia, Perigonial Leaves

15 Leafy Liverworts ! Acrogynous Anacrogynous Gametangia Position

16 Leafy Liverworts Life Stage:

17 Leafy Liverworts Young Sporophyte

18 Leafy Liverworts Young Sporangium, Sporocytes, Elaters

19 Leafy Liverworts Mature Sporophyte, Sporangum Dehiscence

20 Leafy Liverworts 22

21 Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
~ 28 Genera ~ 550 Species

22 Oldest Fossil Liverworts
Metzgeriothallus ( MYA) Metzgeria Pallavicinites ( MYA) Pallavicinia (Modern)

23 Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
Pellia 24 25 Gametophyte Diversity

24 Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
Aneura Gametophyte Diversity

25 Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
26 Pallavicinia Metzgeria Gametophyte Diversity 27

26 Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
Fossombronia Gametophyte Diversity

27 Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
28 Riccardia Gametophyte Diversity 29

28 Ribbon Liverworts Gametophyte Complexity

29 Ribbon Liverworts Location of Gametangia

30 Ribbon Liverworts Gametangia

31 Ribbon Liverworts Sporophytes

32 Ribbon Liverworts Young Sporangium, Sporocytes, Elaters

33 Ribbon Liverworts Mature Sporangium, Sporangium Dehiscence

34 Next: Chambered Thallose Liverworts
(Marchantiales)

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