Porella

Scientific name: Porella
Common name: Liverwort
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Hepaticopsida
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Porellaceae
Genus: Porella
Characteristic features:
• Porella is generally found in the moist and shady places growing flat on logs, trunks of trees and
rocks over which water trickles.
• They flourish the most in the tropics.
• It grows flat on the substratum and is dorsi-ventral.
• The plant body is a leafy thallus which is an elaborate and delicate structure.
• All the species of Porella are dioecious. The female plants are distinctly larger than the male.
Content citation: Botany for Degree students - Bryophyta by B.R. Vashishta, Dr. A.K. Sinha & Dr.
Adarsh Kumar