Splash cups - Reproduction & dispersal

A gemma is a specialised multicellular unit of vegetative reproduction found in certain mosses and liverworts When rain falls into the gemma cup the gemmae are

Gemmae and gemma cups are specialized and derived gametophytic organs for vegetative reproduction in certain Marchantiopsida species, a group of

gemmae cups In liverworts such as Marchantia, the flattened plant body or thallus is a haploid gametophyte with gemma cups scattered about its upper surface

gemmae cup RM 2XFKWCP–Common liverwort asexual gemma cups, growing on a garden path, Wiltshire, UK, July