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Liverwort characters

Thalloid liverwort species

BLASIALES
Blasiaceae	Simple	Complex	Bifurcating	Midrib	Air chambers	Gemmae stalked	Gemmae receptacles	Antheridiophores / archegoniophores	Substrate	Habitat
Blasia pusilla

LUNULARIALES
Lunulariaceae	Simple	Complex	Bifurcating	Midrib	Air chambers	Gemmae stalked	Gemmae receptacles	Antheridiophores / archegoniophores	Substrate	Habitat
Lunularia cruciata

MARCHANTIALES
Marchantiaceae	Simple	Complex	Bifurcating	Midrib	Air chambers	Gemmae stalked	Gemmae receptacles	Antheridiophores / archegoniophores	Substrate	Habitat
Conocephalum conicum
Conocephalum salebrosum
Preissia quadrata
Marchantia polymorpha
Marchantia ruderale

PELLIALES
Pelliaceae	Simple	Complex	Bifurcating	Midrib	Air chambers	Gemmae stalked	Gemmae receptacles	Antheridiophores / archegoniophores	Substrate	Habitat
Pellia endiviifolia

PALLAVICINIALES
Pallaviciniaceae	Simple	Complex	Bifurcating	Midrib	Air chambers	Gemmae stalked	Gemmae receptacles	Antheridiophores / archegoniophores	Substrate	Habitat
Pallavicinia lyellii

METZGERIALES
Metzgeriaceae	Simple	Complex	Bifurcating	Midrib	Air chambers	Gemmae stalked	Gemmae receptacles	Antheridiophores / archegoniophores	Substrate	Habitat
Metzgeria fruticulosa
Metzgeria furcata
Riccardia palmata

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Taxonomic hierarchy after Crandall-Stotler, Stotler & Long. (2009).
Growth habit terms in column headings are more fully described in the corresponding character lists page (from which this table was reached).
Substrate and habitat information derived from the BBS Field Guide and Watson, E.V., "British Mosses and Liverworts", CUP (1995).
A discussion on the correlations and trends that this table suggests will be published in due course.

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The liverwort line

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