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Marchantia polymorpha (Liverwort): Culture and Production of Metabolites

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IX

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 37))

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Marchantia polymorpha (Marchantiaceae) is a worldwide-distributed thallus liverwort. The plant is ubiquitous in man-influenced loci throughout cool and warm areas wherever adequate moisture conditions exist. It can usually be found on wet walls, along moist shores of creeks, and as a weed in greenhouses. Mass proliferation is often observed after forest fires.

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Adam, K.P. (1996). Marchantia polymorpha (Liverwort): Culture and Production of Metabolites. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IX. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 37. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08618-6_12

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