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Kōrero: Liverworts and hornworts

Leafy liverwort structure

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Leafy liverwort structure

Liverworts are simple in structure. This microscope view of a leafy liverwort shows that there is little differentiation between the cells of the leaves and the stem.

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by Bill Malcolm

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Maggy Wassilieff, Liverworts and hornworts – Features and life cycle, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10658/leafy-liverwort-structure (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.