Liverworts are a group of non-vascular land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta. They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycl
A thallose liverwort, Lunularia cruciata
Sexual life cycle of a Marchantia-like liverwort
Marchantia polymorpha, with antheridial and archegonial stalks
Metzgeriales is an order of liverworts. The group is sometimes called the simple thalloid liverworts: "thalloid" because the members lack structures resembling stems or leaves, and "simple" because th