Question

Difference between liverworts and mosses 1

Answer 1

Answer:

The difference between liverworts and moss is :-

Liverworts :

1.Scales are present very often.

2 . They have unicellular rhizods.

3 . They have dichotomous branching.

4 . Gemma cups are present.

5 . The sporophytes have very less Photosynthetic tissue.

Moss :

1.Scales are absent.

2 . They have multicellular rhizoids.

3 . They have Lateral branching.

4 . Gemma cups are absent in it.

5 . The sporophytes have abundantly more Photosynthetic tissue.

Answer 2

Answer:

Liverworts :

• The plant body is dorsoventral.
• Leaves when present, are without midrib.
• Rhizoids are unicellular.
• The protonema stage is absent.
• The branching in dichotomous.
• Capsule often possess elaters.
• The plants may be scales.

Mosses :

• The plant body has a radial symmetry.
• The leaves have midrib.
• Rhizoids are multicellular.
• The plants are leafy and branching is lateral.
• A filamentous protonema occurs.
• The elaters are absent.
• The scales are absent.