The name liverwort comes from the Middle Ages, when plants were selected as medicines according to the false belief that "similia similibus curentur" (similar heals similar). The liver shape seen in the liverwort "Marchantia", for example, was boiled in wine as a medicine against liver problems. The name was then transferred to the whole group.
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