differentiate between mosses and liverwort?
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25th May, 2021
Hello candidate,
When it comes to the major difference between mosses and liverwort between liverworts and mosses it's such that the liverworts contain lobate, green, leaf-like structures whereas the hornworts contain narrow, pipe-like structures.
Furthermore, the sporophyte of liverworts is short and small while the sporophyte of hornworts or mosses is long. Moreover, the liverwort gametophyte is a fossile while that is the gametophyte of mosses is usually prostrate kind of structural design.
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25th May, 2021
Hello aspirant,
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I am providing you the main difference between liverworts and mosses in proper format.
| Basic Terms | Liverworts | Mosses |
| Meaning | Non-vascular plants consisting of leaf-like lobes or stems | Non-vascular plants consisting of leafy stems |
| Division | Marchantiophyta | Bryophyta |
| Morphology of the Gametophyte | Thallose | Foliose |
| Symmetry | Dorsiventral or radial | Radial |
| Rhizoids | Unicellular | Multicellular |
| Protonemata | Are reduced | Are prominent |
| Leaf Arrangement | Are arranged in two or three rows in a flattened pattern | Are arranged in a spiral or whorl pattern |
| Branching | Generally dichotomous | lateral and extra-axillary |
| Amphigastria | Present | Absent |
| Examples | Riccia, Marchantia, and Porella | Funaria, Polytrichum, and Sphagnum |
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