NEETBotanyPlant Kingdom
Select the incorrect statement for the given figure, choose the correct option:
Options
- AThe plant body of a liverwort is thalloid
- BThe thallus is dorsiventral and closely attached to the substrate.
- CAsexual reproduction in liverworts takes place by fragmentation of thalli, or by the formation of specialised
- DNone of the above
Correct answer
D. None of the above
Step-by-step solution
The liverworts grow usually in moist, shady habitats such as banks of streams, marshy ground, damp soil, bark of trees and deep in the woods. The plant body of a liverwort is thalloid, e.g., Marchantia. The thallus is dorsiventral and closely appressed to the substrate. The leafy members have tiny leaf-like appendages in two rows on the stem-like structures. Asexual reproduction in liverworts takes place by fragmentation of thalli, or by the formation of specialised structures called gemmae (sing. gemma). Gemmae ar