Review: Gemma cup and gemma development in Marchantia

Gemma cups are specialized structures for vegetative propagation, found in certain species of Marchantiopsida Gemma cup

Microscopic view of two moss gemmae Longitudinal section through gemma and the gemma cup wall of a liverwort, Marchantia species T: thallus

gemmae cups The saucer is a gemma cup and the lentil-shaped objects are gemmae Gemmae allow the plant to reproduce asexually Each gemma is capable of growing into a

gemmae cup The gemma cup is a specialized organ that produces clonal progenies, gemmae, in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Yasui et al identify an