liverwort

• Pequena planta avascular do grupo das hepáticas (Marchantiophyta), geralmente encontrada em locais úmidos e sombreados, com aparência de algas verdes ou de musgos folhosos.

A small, nonvascular plant belonging to the class Hepaticopsida, typically found in damp environments and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses.

1. Botanical classificationB2formalscientific

   Any of various small, nonvascular, green plants belonging to the class Marchantiophyta (formerly Hepaticopsida), typically growing in moist habitats and having a gametophyte that resembles a flattened leaf-like thallus or leafy shoots.

   hepática

   • Liverworts are often found along stream banks and forest floors.
   • Unlike mosses, liverworts have a simpler structure and reproduce via spores.
   • The biologist identified several species of liverwort under the microscope.
   • Collecting liverwort samples requires careful attention to damp environments.