scientific name of common liverwort
General Information on Liverworts. The Marchantiophyta is a category of bryophyte plants which are commonly known as hepatics or liverworts. Each of its cells carry a single group of genetic information ready for the reproduction.here are approximately 6000 â 8000 species of liverwort in total, however, scientists believe that once they take further research into the Neo-tropical regions (Mexican plateau including Central and South America and the West Indies), the number of liverwort species will increase to 10,000.