Marchantia is the most prominent genus in the family Marchantiaceae of the order Marchantiales. They prefer to grow in moist and shady places like wet open woodlands, banks of streams, wood rocks, or on shaded stub rocks. A few species…
Riccia is the most widely distributed genus in the family Ricciaceae of the order Marchantiales. They commonly grow in moist soil, particularly during and after rain. In Riccia, the gametophytic plant body is the dominant phase of the life cycle.…
Marchantiales is an order of Division Bryophyta (Class Hepaticopsida). This order consists of thalloid species and plants are not divisible into leaf, stem, and rhizoids. The gametophytes (plant bodies) of Marchantiales are prostrate, ribbon-shaped, dichotomously branched, and dorsiventrally differentiated. Structure…