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María T. Moyá

• Sex ratios were determined for 15 populations of Marchantia chenopoda L. along Puerto Rico. Sex was determined for twenty randomly selected individuals from each population. A female bias was observed in most populations. A census of reproductive structures of M. chenopoda was performed every two weeks in order to determine phenology. The highest archegoniophore count was observed to occur in January and February; minimum and maximum fertilization distances were 0.7 cm and 65 cm, respectively. Young sporophytes were most frequently observed at the beginning of the rainy season, in April and May. The highest frequency of mature sporophytes occurred during the dry season, in January and February. Capsules opened mostly during the heavy rainy season, from August to November. Protonemata were observed in the periphery of the population. Most young sporophytes aborted at the end of the moderate to heavy rainy season, from June to August. Immature gemmae cups were most frequent at the beginning of the rainy season, in April and May. Mature gemmae cups were observed throughout the rainy season, but were most frequent in September.