Marchantia polymorpha gemmae interact as capillary multipoles on

Marchantia polymorpha gemmae interact as capillary multipoles on gemmae cups gemmae cups 23-day-old wild-type thallus transferred at day 7 to 10 μM NAA with elongated gemmae cup Wild-type mature gemmae cup Wild-type gemmae cups The saucer is a gemma cup and the lentil-shaped objects are gemmae Gemmae allow the plant to reproduce asexually Each gemma is capable of growing into a new

gemmae cups Gemma cups are small cupules present on the dorsal surface of the thallus in the midrib region These gemma cups gives rise to asexual

gemmae cup cup-like structures on their leafy thalli which contain multicellular propagules called gemmae When rain fills the gemmae cups, mature gemmae are released In liverworts such as Marchantia, the flattened plant body or thallus is a haploid gametophyte with gemma cups scattered about its upper surface