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Liverworts
• Thalloid or leafy
• Dichotomously branched
gametophytes
• Elevated gametangia
• Unisexual gametophytes
• Can exhibit asexual
reproduction via gemma
cups
Mosses
• Up to 17,000 species
• Specialized water- and
sugar-conducting cells
• Stomata present
• Economically important
Hornworts
• Up to 300 species
• Photosynthetic sporophyte
• Form a symbiotic
relationship with a
cyanobacterium called
Nostoc
Liverwort Lifecycle
Sporophyte does not have a stalk
Moss Lifecycle
Sporophyte has a stalk
Parts of the Sporophyte
Non-vascular
No xylem(H20) or phloem(sugars, minerals, etc)
Antheridium
sperm
Archegonium
egg(s)
Thalloid
No stem structure
Leafy
Stem structure