1. Liverwort Diversity A) ______________________
C) ______________________
B) _____________________

2. LEAFY LIVERWORTS
(Jungermanniales)
> 280 Genera
> 7,000 Species

3. Leafy Liverworts
Lateral Leaves (Succubous) 6

4. Leafy Liverworts
Lateral Leaves (Incubous)

5. Leafy Liverworts 3
Complicately Bilobed Lateral Leaves 2

6. Leafy Liverworts
Underleaves

7. Leafy Liverworts
Bazzania
Leaf Complexity

8. Leafy Liverworts
Cephalozia
Leaf Complexity

9. Leafy Liverworts
Trichocolea
Leaf Complexity

10. Leafy Liverworts
Porella 9
Leaf Complexity 8

11. Leafy Liverworts
Frullania
Leaf Complexity

12. Leafy Liverworts
Life Stage: 17

13. Leafy Liverworts 18
Female Gametangia, Perichaetial Leaves

14. Leafy Liverworts 19
Male Gametangia, Perigonial Leaves

15. Leafy Liverworts !
Acrogynous
Anacrogynous
Gametangia Position

16. Leafy Liverworts
Life Stage:

17. Leafy Liverworts
Young Sporophyte

18. Leafy Liverworts
Young Sporangium, Sporocytes, Elaters

19. Leafy Liverworts
Mature Sporophyte, Sporangum Dehiscence

20. Leafy Liverworts 22

21. Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
~ 28 Genera
~ 550 Species

22. Oldest Fossil Liverworts
Metzgeriothallus ( MYA)
Metzgeria
Pallavicinites ( MYA)
Pallavicinia (Modern)

23. Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
Pellia 24 25
Gametophyte Diversity

24. Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
Aneura
Gametophyte Diversity

25. Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)26
Pallavicinia
Metzgeria
Gametophyte Diversity 27

26. Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)
Fossombronia
Gametophyte Diversity

27. Ribbon Liverworts (Metzgeriales)28
Riccardia
Gametophyte Diversity 29

28. Ribbon Liverworts
Gametophyte Complexity

29. Ribbon Liverworts
Location of Gametangia

30. Ribbon Liverworts
Gametangia

31. Ribbon Liverworts
Sporophytes

32. Ribbon Liverworts
Young Sporangium, Sporocytes, Elaters

33. Ribbon Liverworts
Mature Sporangium, Sporangium Dehiscence

34. Next: Chambered Thallose Liverworts
(Marchantiales)

35. 6 http://www.hlasek.com/foto/bazzania_trilobata_ae0417.jpg1
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jungermanniales/lophocoleaceae/lophocolea/heterophylla-1.jpg 8
platyphylla.jpg/800px-Porella_platyphylla.jpg 9

36. 10 http://www.vydrica.sk/photos/flora2.jpg11
dunmossa23.jpg 12
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undulata_1.jpg 16 17 18

37. 25 http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/images/6/6f/Bryophyta-1.jpg19 20
SPT_ls.jpg/150px-Porella_SPT_ls.jpg 21
Porella_SPT.jpg/200px-Porella_SPT.jpg 22
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epiphylla7_ies.jpg/685px-Pellia_epiphylla7_ies.jpg 25 26
Morphological%20Diversity/Pallavicinia_subciliata.jpg

38. 27 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/
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fossombronia-alata.jpg 31