Liverwort Marchantia with gemma cups - Stock Image

gemmae - cups crescent - shaped 8 Peduncle 2 - grooved ; gemmae - cups round when present 9 Air - chambers and pores usually absent ; no gemmae

These cups produce numerous small structures called gemmae which can grow into whole new plants Close-up of a gemma cup This is a longitudinal section through

gemmae cups Gemmae are the specialized structures produced in liverworts These are 1 Non-green, multi-cellular, asexual buds which develop in gemma cups 2

gemmae cups These little cups can be easily seen on the surface of the plant Each gemma cup contains a number of tiny plantlets called gemmae, and a single drop of water