Marchantiophyta
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![A thallose liverwort, Lunularia cruciata](/Images/godic/202501/26/Lunularia_cruciata2604.jpg")
![Life cycle of a Marchantia-like liverwort](/Images/godic/202501/26/Liverwort_life_cycle2604.jpg")
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The Marchantiophyta /mɑːrˌkæntiˈɒfᵻtə/ are a division of non-vascular bryophyte land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like other bryophytes, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information.