Gemmae are multicellular green structures vegetative propagation

Gemmae Cups, Liverwort, Marchantia Wood Print by Ed Reschke gemmae cups The research team removed gemmae from gemma cups that were actively producing gemmae and found that removal of gemmae didn't affect the gemmae cup When water droplets fall into gemma cups, the gemmae deposited inside the cup are splashed out by a mechanism referred to as 'splash-cup'

what are gemmae A small receptacle or cup on upper surface of bryophytes in which gemmae are produced from which they are splashed out of and dispersed by rain drops