Splash cups - Reproduction & dispersal

Splash cups - Reproduction & dispersal gemma cups In liverworts such as Marchantia, the flattened plant body or thallus is a haploid gametophyte with gemma cups scattered about its upper surface gemmae cup Gemma cup are special vegetative ,small cup shaped structures borne along the midrib on the dorsal surface of gametophyte of some bryophytes

gemmae cup Here we report an R2R3-MYB transcription factor, designated GEMMA CUP-ASSOCIATED MYB1 , which is an essential regulator of gemma cup

gemma cups Most taxa of the genus Marchantia L produce multicellular gemmae within gemma cups They are discoid bodies with two notches Marchantia polymorpha propagates through vegetative reproduction by forming gemmae in a gemma cup Each gemma in gemma cups grows to a thallus,