Label Gemma cup and gemmae Gemmae detach from the gemma

Picture of a gemmae cup Some plants such as liverworts produce gemmae which are exact copies of the parent plant that produced them These gemmae are held

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha This species bears cup-shaped structures called gemma cups , each of which contains several discoid gemmae

gemmae cup greater gemmae-cup production When all phosphates are absent, however, the number of cups on male plants tends to decrease while on female plants the num-

desi cupa Lunularia cruciata grows large, dichotomously branched green thalli with crescent shaped gemma cups containing disc like gemmae This is a unique