Nonvascular Plants

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Non-vascular Plants

• Non vascular plants are called Bryophytes
• Bryophytes include
• Division Bryophyta (mosses)
• Division Hepatophyta (liverworts)
• Division Anthocerophyta (hornworts)

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A leafy liverwort Marchantia
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Gemmae cups of Marchantia allow asexual
reproduction
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Cross section of a gemmae cup. Fragments are
visible at cup bottom
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An antheridiophore containing antheridia (sperm
producers)
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This shows an archegoniophore of Marchantia Under
the umbrella are individual archegonia which
produce eggs. Eggs will be fertilized by sperm
from antheridia
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Close-up of archegonium. You can see an egg at
the top of this structure, and the neck canal
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Air pore in thallus of Marchantia
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Woodland moss, a Bryophyte
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Gametophyte with sporophyte growing off the top.
The sporophyte produces a sporangium, which
makes spores. The spores germinate into
protonemata which grow into mature gametophytes
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Moss sporangium. The calyptra has been removed
and the operculum is visible. Haploid spores are
maturing inside this structure and will produce
new protonemata
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