Gemmae are present in Mosses Pteridophytes Some

Lunularia cruciata grows large, dichotomously branched green thalli with crescent shaped gemma cups containing disc like gemmae This is a unique

cup-like structures on their leafy thalli which contain multicellular propagules called gemmae When rain fills the gemmae cups, mature gemmae are released

gemmae cups Gemmae cups are cup-like structures containing gemmae The gemmae are small discs of haploid tissue and they directly give rise to new gametophytes

gemmae cups Within the cups are tiny, greenish disks called gemmae Each gemma is essentially just an aggregation of cells formed from the parent gametophyte and, when