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Accession Data:

Marchantia polymorpha L.

  • Common Name: Umbrella Liverwort
  • Family: Marchantiaceae (Bisch.) Endl.

  • Country of Origin: worldwide - tropical to arctic climates

  • Description:

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500128
  • Source: Harold Blazier, Ohio University
  • Provenance: 
    Female specimens
  • Accession Date: 09-16-2015
  • Bench: 3103 - FERN:Psilotum/Selaginella
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 14 confirmed on 04-10-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Bryophyta
  • Class: Hepaticopsida
  • SubClass: bryophytes
  • Order: Marchantiales
  • SubOrder: Marchantiineae
  • Family: Marchantiaceae
  • SubFamily: Marchantioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

References (internal):

  • Bryophyte - Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts
  • Goffinet Lab
  • Accessions with Embedded Video Files
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12
  • The Human Epoch; Living in the Anthropocene

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 09, 2016.
  2. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Manfred Morgner (ka-em-zwei-ein) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

data regenerated on Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:54:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Marchantia polymorpha

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Current Accessions in the Marchantiaceae

Subfamily Marchantioideae

  • Marchantia polymorpha
  • Marchantia polymorpha
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