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Marchantiaceae

Marchantiaceae is a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales. It contains a single genus Marchantia.

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87
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
6
genera in GBIF
Source: GBIF
3
plants on Plant News
6
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Research on Marchantiaceae

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What science is finding about Marchantiaceae

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this family, newest first.

Ancient liverwort separates fungal partnerships from root-hair growth

The mycorrhizal fungi feeding roughly 80% of land plants, including your tomatoes and perennials, rely on a calcium-signaling...

Marchantia paleacea (liverwort) mycorrhizal-networks / plant-signaling

An ancient plant immune switch works differently than expected

The disease resistance mechanisms protecting your tomatoes and roses were fine-tuned over hundreds of millions of years, and...

Common Liverwort plant-signaling / crop-improvement

Antagonism between blue- and red-light signaling controls thallus flatness in Marchantia polymorpha.

Every time your houseplants lean or droop toward a window, the same tug-of-war between red and blue light wavelengths is...

Common Liverwort plant-signaling / light-response

Weaponizing nutrition: plants use a double strategy to fight herbivory, converting nutritionally essential fatty acids into defensive oxylipin signals.

Understanding how plants naturally defend themselves against insects could inspire new ways to protect garden vegetables and...

Common Liverwort plant-signaling / crispr

Scientists found molecular reset buttons that help plants track sunlight

Understanding how plants optimize their response to light could lead to crop varieties that capture sunlight more efficiently...

Marchantia plant-signaling / photosynthesis-optimization